Post-transcriptional regulation of the E/Daughterless ortholog HLH-2, negative feedback, and birth order bias during the AC/VU decision in C. elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3100-3111

  Karp, Xantha ^a   Greenwald, Iva ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Delta; HLH 2; LAG 2; LIN 12; Notch

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346731136     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1160803     Document Type: Article

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