The FoxF/FoxC factor LET-381 directly regulates both cell fate specification and cell differentiation in C. elegans mesoderm development

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1451-1460

  Amin, Nirav M ^a   Shi, Herong ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; C. Elegans; Ceh 34; Cell fate specification; Coelomocyte; Eya 1; Eyes absent; Forkhead domain; FoxC; FoxF; Let 381; M lineage; Mesoderm; SIX2 homeodomain

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN CEH 34; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LET 381; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CEH 34 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CEH-34 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LET 381 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LET-381 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77951222195     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.048496     Document Type: Article

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