The POU transcription factor UNC-86 controls the timing and ventral guidance of Caenorhabditis elegans axon growth

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1815-1825

  Olsson Carter, Katherine ^a   Slack, Frank J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon growth; Axon guidance; Brn3; Timing; UNC 40; SAX 3; lin 4; UNC 86

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICRORNA; NETRIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 14; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIN 28; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNC 40; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNC 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNC 86; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITE SPECIFIC NEURON; LARVAL STAGE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VENTRAL ROOT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79958793760     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22667     Document Type: Article

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