The Caenorhabditis elegans spalt-like gene sem-g restricts touch cell fate by repressing the selector Hox gene egl-5 and the effector gene mec-3

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3831-3840

  Toker, Anne S ^a   Teng, Yingqi ^b   Ferreira, Henrique B ^b,c   Emmons, Scott W ^b   Chalfie, Martin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AP patterning; Hox; LIM homeodomain; Repressor; Spalt

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN SEM 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TAIL; TOUCH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043011168     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00398     Document Type: Review

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