The T-box transcription factors TBX-37 and TBX-38 link GLP-1/Notch signaling to mesoderm induction in C. elegans embryos

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1967-1978

  Good, Kathryn ^a,b   Ciosk, Rafal ^a,b   Nance, Jeremy ^a,b   Neves, Alexandre ^a,b   Hill, Russell J ^a,b,c   Priess, James R ^a,b,d  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; GLP 1; Induction; Mesoderm; Notch; T box

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX 37; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX 38; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO INDUCTION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 2542567901     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01088     Document Type: Article

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