Roles of the Wnt effector POP-1/TCF in the C. elegans endomesoderm specification gene network

Developmental Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-221

  Owraghi, Melissa ^a   Broitman Maduro, Gina ^a   Luu, Thomas ^a   Roberson, Heather ^a   Maduro, Morris F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Endomesoderm; Gene network; POP 1; Specification

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN END1; PROTEIN END3; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77951209077     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.09.042     Document Type: Article

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