Dissection of lin-11 enhancer regions in Caenorhabditis elegans and other nematodes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 402-411

  Marri, Sujatha ^a   Gupta, Bhagwati P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C. brenneri; C. briggsae; C. elegans; C. remanei; Comparative study; Gene regulation; LIM homeobox; Lin 11; Nematode; Vulva

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGL 43; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LAG 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS BRENNERI; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENITAL SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; LIN 11 GENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPECIES; UTERUS; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS REMANEI; NEMATODA;

EID: 58149185268     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.09.026     Document Type: Article

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