UNC-39, the C. elegans homolog of the human myotonic dystrophy-associated homeodomain protein Six5, regulates cell motility and differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 389-402

  Yanowitz, Judith L ^a,e   Shakir, M Afaq ^b   Hedgecock, Edward ^c   Hutter, Harald ^d   Fire, Andrew Z ^a   Lundquist, Erik A ^b,e  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e MD 21210 Erik A L ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Myotonic dystrophy; unc 39

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN SIX5; PROTEIN UNC 39; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; GENE MUTATION; MESODERM; MUSCLE CELL; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 3343022689     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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