Contribution of the amino and carboxyl termini for PHA-4/FoxA function in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 346-354

  Kaltenbach, Linda S ^a,b   Updike, Dustin L ^a   Mango, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation domain; C. Elegans; Embryogenesis; Fork head; FoxA; Organogenesis; PHA 4; Pharynx; Winged helix

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PHA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA STABILITY; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 25444501760     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20550     Document Type: Article

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