The nT1 translocation separates vulval regulatory elements from the egl-18 and elt-6 GATA factor genes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 252-263

  Koh, Kyunghee ^a   Bernstein, Yelena ^a   Sundaram, Meera V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fusion; Egl 18; Elt 6; GATA; nT1; Vulva

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; HELMINTH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 1242295300     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.11.014     Document Type: Article

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