A role of the LIN-12/Notch signaling pathway in diversifying the non-striated egg-laying muscles in C. elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 389, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 137-148

  Hale, Jared J ^a   Amin, Nirav M ^a   George, Carolyn ^a   Via, Zachary ^a   Shi, Herong ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Lag 1; Lag 2; Lin 12; Mesoderm; Non striated muscle; Notch; Sel 12; Sel 8; Vulval muscle

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN LIN 12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; DOWN REGULATION; EGG LAYING; GENE; GENOMICS; LAG 1 GENE; LAG 2 GENE; LIN 12 GENE; MESODERM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NOTCH GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

C. ELEGANS; LAG-1; LAG-2; LIN-12; MESODERM; NON-STRIATED MUSCLE; NOTCH; SEL-12; SEL-8; VULVAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; LIGANDS; MALE; MUSCLES; OVIPOSITION; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VULVA;

EID: 84897547584     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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