Med-type GATA factors and the evolution of mesendoderm specification in nematodes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 444-455

  Coroian, Cristian ^a   Broitman Maduro, Gina ^a   Maduro, Morris F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. remanei; Cell fate specification; GATA factors; Gene duplication; Intronless genes; med 1; Transcription factors; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; ENDODERM; EVOLUTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MED 1; GENE MED 2; INTRON; MESODERM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; NEMATODA;

EID: 30044434737     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.10.024     Document Type: Article

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