Control of C. elegans larval development by neuronal expression of a TGF-β homolog

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5291, 1996, Pages 1389-1391

  Ren, Peifeng ^a   Lim, Chang Su ^a,c   Johnsen, Robert ^a,d   Albert, Patrice S ^a   Pilgrim, David ^b   Riddle, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; LARVA; LIGANDS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHENOTYPE; PHEROMONES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 10544256181     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5291.1389     Document Type: Article

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