C. elegans twist gene expression in differentiated cell types is controlled by autoregulation through intron elements

Developmental Biology

Volumn 346, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-236

  Meyers, Stephany G ^a   Corsi, Ann K ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; BHLH transcription factor; C. elegans; E box; Hlh 8; Hlh 8 (tm726); Intron elements; Mesoderm; Twist

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; HLH-8 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA SPLICING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRONS; RNA SPLICING; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 77956886654     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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