A transcriptional regulatory cascade that controls left/right asymmetry in chemosensory neurons of c. elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2123-2137

  Chang, Sarah ^a   Johnston Jr , Robert J ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Homeobox; Left right asymmetry; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CHE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CEH 36 GENE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; COG 1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GCY 5 GENE; GCY 6 GENE; GCY 7 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; LIM 6 GENE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; TASTE BUD; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041820265     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1117903     Document Type: Article

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