Functional specialization of sensory cilia by an RFX transcription factor isoform

Genetics

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1295-1307

  Wang, Juan ^a   Schwartz, Hillel T ^b,c   Barr, Maureen M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSCRIPITON FACTOR RFX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGL 46; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CILIAGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; INTRON; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MALE; MATING; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CILIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79251552287     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.122879     Document Type: Article

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