Methylation of the Sterol Nucleus by STRM-1 Regulates Dauer Larva Formation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 833-843

  Hannich, J Thomas ^a   Entchev, Eugeni V ^a   Mende, Fanny ^a   Boytchev, Hristio ^a   Martin, René ^b   Zagoriy, Vyacheslav ^a   Theumer, Gabriele ^b   Riezman, Isabelle ^c   Riezman, Howard ^c   Knölker, Hans Joachim ^b   Kurzchalia, Teymuras V ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DEVBIO

Indexed keywords

DAF 12 PROTEIN; DAF 9 PROTEIN; DAFACHRONIC ACID; HORMONE RECEPTOR; METHYLTRANSFERASE; STEROL; STRM 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME MECHANISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METHYLATION; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHOLESTENES; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHEROMONES; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASES; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; STEROLS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 66949168146     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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