Transcription of the C. elegans let-7 microRNA is temporally regulated by one of its targets, hbl-1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 523-534

  Roush, Sarah F ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; hbl 1; Heterochronic; hunchback; let 7; MicroRNA; Transcription

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HUNCHBACK LIKE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVAL STAGE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 70349276702     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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