The C. elegans Tailless/TLX transcription factor nhr-67 controls neuronal identity and left/right asymmetric fate diversification

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2933-2944

  Sarin, Sumeet ^a   Antonio, Celia ^a   Tursun, Baris ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Left right asymmetry; Neuronal development; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CHE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NHR 67; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TASTE BUD; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 69049090913     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.040204     Document Type: Article

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