The caenorhabditis elegans gata factor elt-1 works through the cell proliferation regulator bro-1 and the fusogen eff-1 to maintain the seam stem-like fate

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Brabin, Charles ^a   Appleford, Peter J ^a   Woollard, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BRO 1; PROTEIN EFF 1; PROTEIN ELT 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BRO 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; BRO-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; EFF 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EFF-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ELT 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ELT-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYNCYTIUM; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTRON; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; INTRONS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEM CELLS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 80052305737     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002200     Document Type: Article

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