lin-35/Rb and ubc-18, an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, function redundantly to control pharyngeal morphogenesis in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3319-3330

  Fay, David S ^a   Large, Edward ^a   Han, Min ^b   Darland, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; lin 35; Pharynx; Retinoblastoma; ubc 18; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN LIN 35; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; LETHAL MUTANT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043172473     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00561     Document Type: Article

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