Gene transcription is coordinated with, but not dependent on, cell divisions during C. elegans embryonic fate specification

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3385-3394

  Nair, Gautham ^a   Walton, Travis ^b   Murray, John Isaac ^b   Raj, Arjun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Gene expression; RNA FISH; Time lapse; Timing; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ELT 2 PROTEIN; HLH 1 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNC 120 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE;

CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION; RNA FISH; TIME-LAPSE; TIMING; TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MUSCLES; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84880927419     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.098012     Document Type: Article

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