EGL-13/SoxD Specifies Distinct O2 and CO2 Sensory Neuron Fates in Caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Gramstrup Petersen, Jakob ^a   Rojo Romanos, Teresa ^a   Juozaityte, Vaida ^a   Redo Riveiro, Alba ^a   Hums, Ingrid ^b   Traunmüller, Lisa ^b   Zimmer, Manuel ^b   Pocock, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGL 13; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARBON DIOXIDE; MUTATION; OXYGEN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84878511550     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003511     Document Type: Article

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