Maternal deployment of the embryonic SKN-1 → MED-1,2 cell specification pathway in C. elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 590-601

  Maduro, Morris F ^a   Broitman Maduro, Gina ^a   Mengarelli, Isabella ^b   Rothman, Joel H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Development; Embryo; end 1; Endoderm; Gene regulation; Maternal expression; med 1; Specification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COUNT; CELL SPECIFICITY; END 1 GENE; END 3 GENE; ENDODERM; GENE; GENE CONTROL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE CELL; MED GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33846040755     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.08.029     Document Type: Article

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