Reevaluation of the role of the med-1 and med-2 genes in specifying the Caenorhabditis elegans endoderm

Genetics

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 545-555

  Goszczynski, Barbara ^a   McGhee, James D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME; ENDODERM; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MED 1 GENE; MED 2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC MARKERS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 31544452081     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.044909     Document Type: Article

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