Analysis of RING Finger Genes Required for Embryogenesis in C. elegans

Genesis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Moore, Rhonda ^a   Boyd, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

APC11; C. elegans; DNA microarrays; E3 ubiquitin ligase; Meiotic arrest; Par 2; Rbx1; RING finger; RNAi; Ubiquitination

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIGASE; RING FINGER PROTEIN; RNA; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APC11 GENE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MEIOSIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PAR 2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RBX1 GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RING FINGER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 1042291144     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10243     Document Type: Article

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