Developmental transitions in C. elegans larval stages

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 153-180

  Rougvie, Ann E ^a   Moss, Eric G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daf 12; Developmental timing; Diapause; Heterochronic; Lin 14; Lin 28; Lin 4; Lin 42; MiRNA; Molting

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DAF-12; DEVELOPMENTAL TIMING; DIAPAUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROCHRONIC; LARVA; LIN-14; LIN-28; LIN-4; LIN-42; METABOLISM; MOLTING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

DAF-12; DEVELOPMENTAL TIMING; DIAPAUSE; HETEROCHRONIC; LIN-14; LIN-28; LIN-4; LIN-42; MIRNA; MOLTING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLTING; MORPHOGENESIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881658156     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396968-2.00006-3     Document Type: Chapter

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