The C. elegans LIM homeobox gene lin-11 specifies multiple cell fates during vulval development

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2589-2601

  Gupta, Bhagwati P ^a   Wang, Minqin ^a,b   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Differentiation; ldb 1; LIM homeodomain; lin 11; Vulva

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LDB 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LDB-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN 11 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN-11 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VULVA; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VULVA;

EID: 0042913254     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00500     Document Type: Review

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