TORC2 signaling antagonizes SKN-1 to induce C. elegans mesendodermal embryonic development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 384, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-227

  Ruf, Vanessa ^a   Holzem, Christina ^a   Peyman, Tobias ^a   Walz, Gerd ^a,b   Blackwell, T Keith ^c   Neumann Haefelin, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Development; RICTOR; SGK 1; SKN 1; TOR signaling

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 1; TORC1 PROTEIN; TORC2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SKN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE; LETHALITY; LONGEVITY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84887617843     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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