A novel C. elegans zinc finger transcription factor, Isy-2, required for the cell type-specific expression of the Isy-6 microRNA

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5451-5460

  Johnston Jr , Robert J ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Chemosensory neurons; Fate determination; Laterality; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LSY 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC EPISTASIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 31144440705     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02163     Document Type: Article

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