The C. elegans heterochronic gene lin-46 affects developmental timing at two larval stages and encodes a relative of the scaffolding protein gephyrin

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2049-2059

  Pepper, Anita S R ^a   McCane, Jill E ^a   Kemper, Kevin ^a,c   Yeung, Denise Au ^b   Lee, Rosalind C ^b   Ambros, Victor ^b   Moss, Eric G ^a,c  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Gephyrin; Heterochronic genes; Hypodermis; Larval development; let 7; lin 14; lin 28; lin 42; lin 46; lin 57; moc 1; moc 2; MoeA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN LIN 14; PROTEIN LIN 28; PROTEIN LIN 46; PROTEIN MOEA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; COLD; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 2542563401     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01098     Document Type: Article

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