Distinct Caenorhabditis elegans HLH-8/twist-containing dimers function in the mesoderm

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 481-492

  Philogene, Mary C ^a   Meyers Small, Stephany G ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Corsi, Ann K ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arg 1; BHLH; C. elegans; E Daughterless; Egl 15; Hlh 2; Hlh 8; Mesoderm; Tethered dimer; Twist

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX 8; HETERODIMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; INTESTINES; MALE; MESODERM; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84862828620     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23734     Document Type: Article

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