Cell fates and fusion in the C. elegans vulval primordium are regulated by the EGL-18 and ELt-6 GATA factors - apparent direct targets of the LIN-39-Hox protein

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5171-5180

  Koh, Kyunghee ^a,c   Peyrot, Sarah M ^b   Wood, Cricket G ^a   Wagmaister, Javier A ^b   Maduro, Morris F ^a   Eisenmann, David M ^b   Rothman, Joel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell fusion; GATA factor; Hox; Vulva

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELT 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELT 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEURONS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 18744404224     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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