C. elegans GATA factors EGL-18 and ELT-6 function downstream of Wnt signaling to maintain the progenitor fate during larval asymmetric divisions of the seam cells

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2093-2102

  Gorrepati, Lakshmi ^a   Thompson, Kenneth W ^a,b   Eisenmann, David M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; C. elegans; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

EGL 18 PROTEIN; ELT 6 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN VITRO SELECTION; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84877022686     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.091124     Document Type: Article

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