The Regulatory Network Controlling the Proliferation-Meiotic Entry Decision in the Caenorhabditis elegans Germ Line

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2006, Pages 185-215

  Hansen, Dave ^a   Schedl, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; FEM 3 BINDING PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; FEM-3-BINDING PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GLD 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GLD 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GLD-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GLD-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GLP 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GLP-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; GERM CELLS; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33751066192     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(06)76006-9     Document Type: Review

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