Molecular characterization of the Caenorhabditis elegans REF-1 family member, hlh-29/hlh-28

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1769, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-19

  McMiller, Tracee L ^a   Sims, Denise ^a   Lee, Tameshia ^a   Williams, Tiffany ^a   Johnson, Casonya M ^a  

^a Department of Mathematics   (United States)

Author keywords

Exploding vulva; Quantitative RT PCR; Rapid amplification of cDNA end

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; REDOX EFFECTOR FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GONAD; HLH 28 GENE; HLH 29 GENE; INTESTINE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VULVA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33846452898     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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