MicroRNAs act sequentially and asymetrically to control chemosensory laterality in the nematode

Nature

Volumn 430, Issue 7001, 2004, Pages 785-789

  Chang, Sarah ^a   Johnston Jr , Robert J ^a   Frøkjær Jensen, Christian ^b   Lockery, Shawn ^b   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; NEUROLOGY; RNA;

CHEMOSENSORY NEURONS; NEURON CONTROLS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

DIE 1 ZINC FINGER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MICRORNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LSY 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DIE 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DIE-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HELMINTH RNA;

BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHEMOKINESIS; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; NEURONS; RNA, HELMINTH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 4043072675     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02752     Document Type: Article

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