Chromatin regulation and sex determination in Caenorhabditis elegans

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 314-317

  Large, Edward E ^a   Mathies, Laura D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEDGEHOG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; SEX DETERMINATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 34250718527     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.04.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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