Cell fate specification in the C. elegans embryo

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1315-1329

  Maduro, Morris F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell fate specification; Embryo; Gene regulation; Model systems

Indexed keywords

BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77951549342     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22233     Document Type: Review

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