SKN-1 links C. elegans mesendodermal specification to a conserved oxidative stress response

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1882-1893

  An, Jae Hyung ^a   Blackwell, T Keith ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Intestine; Lifespan; Mesendoderm; Oxidative stress; SKN 1

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SKN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GENE; GENE TARGETING; INTESTINE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHASE II DETOXIFICATION GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; INTESTINES; MESODERM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARAQUAT; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042626242     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1107803     Document Type: Article

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