Caenorhabditis elegans T-box genes tbx-9 and tbx-8 are required for formation of hypodermis and body-wall muscle in embryogenesis

Genes to Cells

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-344

  Andachi, Yoshiki ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS; METAZOA;

EID: 1942455704     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1356-9597.2004.00725.x     Document Type: Article

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