Somatic muscle specification during embryonic and post-embryonic development in the nematode C. elegans

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-214

  Krause, Michael ^a   Liu, Jun ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; CEH 20 PROTEIN; CEH 34 PROTEIN; CEH 51 PROTEIN; DFD PROTEIN; FORMIN ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 1; HLH 1 PROTEIN; HND 1 PROTEIN; LIN 39 PROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR; MAB 5 PROTEIN; MED1 PROTEIN; MED2 PROTEIN; MLS 2 PROTEIN; MRF4 PROTEIN; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; MYOGENIN; PAL 1 PROTEIN; PBC PROTEIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; POP 1 PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TBX 35 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX; UNC 120 PROTEIN; UNC 39 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC MUSCLE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84886245682     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.15     Document Type: Article

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