EGL-5/ABD-B plays an instructive role in male cell fate determination in the C. elegans somatic gonad

Developmental Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 827-835

  Kalis, Andrea K ^a   Murphy, Mark W ^a   Zarkower, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonad; Hox; Sexual differentiation; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN EGL 5; PROTEIN FKH 6; PROTEIN TRA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEX DETERMINATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 77955277824     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.05.516     Document Type: Article

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