The C. elegans COE transcription factor UNC-3 activates lineagespecific apoptosis and affects neurite growth in the RID lineage

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1447-1457

  Wang, Jinbo ^a,b   Chitturi, Jyothsna ^c   Ge, Qinglan ^a,b   Laskova, Valeriya ^c   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Ding, Mei ^a   Zhen, Mei ^c   Huang, Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; C. elegans; EGL 1; RID neuron; UNC 3

Indexed keywords

E1A ASSOCIATED P300 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR UNC 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CBP-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNC-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES; NEURITES; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84926298486     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.119479     Document Type: Article

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