mls-2 and vab-3 control glia development, h/h-17/Olig expression and glia-dependent neurite extension in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2263-2275

  Yoshimura, Satoshi ^a   Murray, John I ^b   Lu, Yun ^a   Waterston, Robert H ^b,c   Shaham, Shai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Glia; hlh 17; mls 2; Oligodendrocytes; vab 3

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX 17 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESODERMAL LINEAGE SPECIFICATION PROTEIN 2; NETRIN; PATCHED RELATED 10 PROTEIN; PROTEIN OLIG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; VARIABLE ABNORMAL 3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTANT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; NEUROGLIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 48249098868     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.019547     Document Type: Article

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