An early pharyngeal muscle enhancer from the Caenorhabditis elegans ceh-22 gene is targeted by the Forkhead factor PHA-4

Developmental Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 388-398

  Vilimas, Tomas ^a   Abraham, Alin ^a   Okkema, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

C. briggsae; C. elegans; ceh 22; Gene regulation; pha 4; Pharyngeal muscle

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS HOMEOBOX 22 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHA 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOBOX; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0346500663     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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