MIG-32 and SPAT-3A are PRC1 homologs that control neuronal migration in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 943-953

  Karakuza, Ozgur ^a   Wang, David P ^a   Cameron, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI 1; C. elegans; Histone modification; Neuronal migration; Polycomb; Ring1B

Indexed keywords

BMI1 PROTEIN; HISTONE H2A; HISTONE H3; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; POLYCOMB REPRESSION COMPLEX 1; POLYCOMB REPRESSION COMPLEX 2; PROTEIN MIG 32; PROTEIN SPAT 3A; RING FINGER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; HISTONE; MIG 32 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MIG-32 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SPAT 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SPAT-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UBIQUITINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 66149144786     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.029363     Document Type: Article

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