Otx-dependent expression of proneural bHLH genes establishes a neuronal bilateral asymmetry in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 4017-4027

  Nakano, Shunji ^a   Ellis, Ronald E ^b   Horvitz, H Robert ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell lineage; Left right asymmetry

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 1; PROTEIN HLH 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 78649893593     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.058834     Document Type: Article

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