Genetic control of vulval development in caenorhabditis briggsae

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1625-1641

  Sharanya, Devika ^a   Thillainathan, Bavithra ^a   Marri, Sujatha ^a   Bojanala, Nagagireesh ^a,e   Taylor, Jon ^b   Flibotte, Stephane ^b   Moerman, Donald G ^b,c   Waterston, Robert H ^d   Gupta, Bhagwati P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C. briggsae; C. elegans; Cell proliferation; Defective; Development; Differentiation; Egg laying; Morphogenesis; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIN 11 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN 39 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN-11 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN-39 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SUNGLASSES PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; UNC 84 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-84 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C. BRIGGSAE; C. ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIATION; EGG-LAYING DEFECTIVE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VULVA;

C. BRIGGSAE; C. ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIATION; EGG-LAYING DEFECTIVE; MORPHOGENESIS; VULVA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TEMPERATURE; VULVA;

EID: 84883184844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.112.004598     Document Type: Article

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