A Krüppel-like factor in Caenorhabditis elegans with essential roles in fat regulation, cell death, and phagocytosis

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 545-551

  Hashmi, Sarwar ^a   Ji, Qiongmei ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Parhar, Ranjit S ^a   Huang, Cheng Han ^a   Brey, Chris ^b   Gaugler, Randy ^b  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FAT; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; PROTEIN KLF 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FAT CONTENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTESTINES; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSGENES; ZINC FINGERS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52749085272     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2008.0739     Document Type: Article

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