Isolation and characterization of high-temperature-induced dauer formation mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-144

  Ailion, Michael ^a   Thomas, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LARVA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0141566672     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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