The C. elegans sex determination gene laf-1 encodes a putative DEAD-box RNA helicase

Developmental Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 358-367

  Hubert, Amy ^a   Anderson, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; DEAD box RNA helicase; laf 1; Post transcriptional regulation; Sex determination; tra 2; vbh 1

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRA 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LAF 1 GENE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEX DETERMINATION; SOMATIC CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 67349221746     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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