Identification of C. elegans sensory ray genes using whole-genome expression profiling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 499-512

  Portman, Douglas S ^a,b   Emmons, Scott W ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; DNA microarrays; Genetic network; lin 32; Male tail; Neural subtype; Polycystins; Proneural; Sensory rays

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; GENOMIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMORECEPTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SENSE ORGAN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 2942625878     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.02.020     Document Type: Article

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