Genetic identification of HSD-1, a conserved steroidogenic enzyme that directs larval development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2239-2249

  Patel, Dhaval S ^a   Fang, Lily L ^a   Svy, Danika K ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^b   Li, Weiqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Dauer; Insulin GF 1; Niemann Pick C; NPC1; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CELL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMIC ACID; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INSULIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; VERTEBRATE;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; ISOENZYMES; LARVA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 48249142372     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.016972     Document Type: Article

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