A mutation at the start codon defines the differential requirement of dpy-11 in Caenorhabditis elegans body hypodermis and male tail

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 309, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 201-208

  Ko, Frankie C F ^a   Chow, King L ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

C. elegans; dpy 11; Sensory rays; Translation start

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; THIOREDOXIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DPY 11 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TAIL; TRANSLATION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS;

EID: 0043237378     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01545-6     Document Type: Article

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