MBR-1, a novel helix-turn-helix transcription factor, is required for pruning excessive neurites in Caenorhabditis elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1554-1559

  Kage, Eriko ^a   Hayashi, Yu ^a   Takeuchi, Hideaki ^a   Hirotsu, Takaaki ^a   Kunitomo, Hirofumi ^a   Inoue, Takao ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Iino, Yuichi ^a   Kubo, Takeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MBR 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MBR-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; UNC 86 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-86 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NEURITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEURITES; NEURONS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 24044506250     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.07.057     Document Type: Article

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