Discrete levels of twist activity are required to direct distinct cell functions during gastrulation and somatic myogenesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Wong, Ming Ching ^a,b,c   Dobi, Krista C ^a   Baylies, Mary K ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; TWI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TWI GENE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOLOGY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84902578402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099553     Document Type: Article

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