Mesodermal expression of the C. elegans HMX homolog mls-2 requires the PBC homolog CEH-20

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 125, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 451-461

  Jiang, Yuan ^a   Shi, Herong ^a   Amin, Nirav M ^a   Sultan, Ibrahim ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; ceh 20; HMX; Homeodomain; Hox; M lineage; Mesoderm; mls 2; PBC; PBC Hox binding site; Promoter dissection

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN MLS 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GONAD; MESODERM; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 41949112159     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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