Caudal-like PAL-1 directly activates the bodywall muscle module regulator hlh-1 in C. elegans to initiate the embryonic muscle gene regulatory network

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1241-1249

  Lei, Haiyan ^a   Liu, Jun ^b   Fukushige, Tetsunari ^a   Fire, Andrew ^c   Krause, Michael W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Caudal; Embryogenesis; MyoD; Myogenesis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HLH 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HLH 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HLH-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; PAL 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAL-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 67650721263     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.030668     Document Type: Article

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