The pax-3 gene is involved in vulva formation in Pristionchus pacificus and is a target of the Hox gene lin-39

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3111-3119

  Yi, Buqing ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Lin 39; P. pacificus; Pax genes; Vulva development

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN GEV 2; PROTEIN LIN 39; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; MUTANT; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VULVA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 34848886847     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.008375     Document Type: Article

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