A Conserved Endocrine Mechanism Controls the Formation of Dauer and Infective Larvae in Nematodes

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-71

  Ogawa, Akira ^a   Streit, Adrian ^a   Antebi, Adam ^b   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

EVOL_ECOL

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVE; DAF 12 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-12 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DELTA7 DAFACHRONIC ACID; DELTA7-DAFACHRONIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG EFFECT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHOLESTENES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES PAPILLOSUS;

EID: 58149145422     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.063     Document Type: Article

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