The tailless ortholog nhr-67 regulates patterning of gene expression and morphogenesis in the C. elegans vulva

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 0603-0616

  Fernandes, Jolene S ^a   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NHR 67; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CEH 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CEH-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CELL RECEPTOR; EGL 17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NHR 67 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NHR-67 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; ORTHOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; VULVA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL FUSION; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL FUSION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; VULVA;

EID: 34247596131     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030069     Document Type: Article

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