Patterning of sexually dimorphic neurogenesis in the Caenorhabditis elegans ventral cord by Hox and TALE homeodomain transcription factors

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 159-171

  Kalis, Andrea K ^a   Kissiov, Djem U ^a   Kolenbrander, Emily S ^a   Palchick, Zachary ^a   Raghavan, Shraddha ^a   Tetreault, Breanna J ^a   Williams, Erin ^b   Loer, Curtis M ^b   Wolff, Jennifer Ross ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Hox genes; Male specific neurons; Neurogenesis; Sexual dimorphism; TALE homeodomain proteins; Ventral cord neurons

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TALE HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HERMAPHRODITISM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENTRAL CORD NEURON;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84890857739     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24064     Document Type: Article

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