A regulatory cascade of three transcription factors in a single specific neuron, DVC, in Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene

Volumn 494, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-84

  Feng, Huiyun ^a   Reece Hoyes, John S ^b   Walhout, Albertha J M ^b   Hope, Ian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Ceh 14; Ceh 63; Homeodomain transcription factors; Mbr 1; Neural gene expression

Indexed keywords

LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN CEH 14; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN CEH 63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MBR1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84856118922     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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