Regulation of C. elegans neuronal differentiation by the ZEB-family factor ZAG-1 and the NK-2 homeodomain factor CEH-28

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Ramakrishnan, Kalpana ^a   Okkema, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CEH 28; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZAG 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARECOLINE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CEH-28 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DBL-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGONIST; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNC-17 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER; ZAG-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DBL 1 GENE; EGL 17 GENE; EMBRYO; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLP 2 GENE; FLP 21 GENE; FLP 5 GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SER 7 GENE; UNC 17 GENE; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; PERISTALSIS; PROMOTER REGION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ARECOLINE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LARVA; MUTATION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PERISTALSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84916227949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113893     Document Type: Article

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