The C. elegans Hox gene ceh-13 regulates cell migration and fusion in a non-colinear way. Implications for the early evolution of Hox clusters

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tihanyi, Borbla ^a   Vellai, Tibor ^a   Regs, Ágnes ^a   Ari, Eszter ^a   Müller, Fritz ^b   Takcs Vellai, Krisztina ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CEH 13 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CEH-13 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 77954890727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-10-78     Document Type: Article

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