Two Hox cofactors, the Meis/Hth homolog UNC-62 and the Pbx/Exd homolog CEH-20, function together during C. elegans postembryonic mesodermal development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 535-546

  Jiang, Yuan ^a   Shi, Herong ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; ceh 20; Exd; Hox; Hth; Meis; Mesoderm; Pbx; unc 62

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 70349281405     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.034     Document Type: Article

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