Multiple regulatory elements with spatially and temporally distinct activities control the expression of the epithelial differentiation gene lin-26 in C. elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 478-490

  Landmann, Frédéric ^a   Quintin, Sophie ^a,b   Labouesse, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Epithelial; Gene regulation; Hypodermis; Promoter; Tissue specificity

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS;

EID: 0346022962     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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