Expression and function of conserved nuclear receptor genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 399-416

  Gissendanner, Chris R ^a   Crossgrove, Kirsten ^b   Kraus, Kelly A ^b   Maina, Claude V ^a   Sluder, Ann E ^c  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Cambria Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Dauer; Molting; nhr; Nuclear receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METAZOA;

EID: 0347761358     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.10.014     Document Type: Article

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