An unusual Zn-finger/FH2 domain protein controls a left/right asymmetric neuronal fate decision in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 3317-3328

  Johnston Jr , Robert J ^a   Copeland, John W ^b   Fasnacht, Marc ^a,c   Etchberger, John F ^a   Liu, Jun ^d   Honig, Barry ^a,c   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; FH2 domain; Left right asymmetry; Neuronal cell fate; Zn finger transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; MICRORNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; GENE CONTROL; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STABILITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TASTE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33749376848     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02494     Document Type: Article

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