CEH-28 activates dbl-1 expression and TGF-β signaling in the C. elegans M4 neuron

Developmental Biology

Volumn 390, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 149-159

  Ramakrishnan, Kalpana ^a   Ray, Paramita ^a,b   Okkema, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Gland cells; Motor neuron; Pharynx; R Smad independent; TGF signaling

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR REGULATED SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 28; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBL 1 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

C. ELEGANS; GLAND CELLS; MOTOR NEURON; PHARYNX; R-SMAD INDEPENDENT; TGF-Β SIGNALING;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84899483410     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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