The NK-2 class homeodomain factor CEH-51 and the T-box factor TBX-35 have overlapping function in C. elegans mesoderm development

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2735-2746

  Broitman Maduro, Gina ^a   Owraghi, Melissa ^a   Hung, Wendy W K ^a   Kuntz, Steven ^b   Sternberg, Paul W ^b   Maduro, Morris F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Ceh 51; Mesoderm; Tbx 35; Tissue specification

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH51; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX35; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LARVAL STAGE; MESODERM; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLASTOMERES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69049097149     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.038307     Document Type: Article

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