The GATA Factor elt-1 Regulates C. elegans Developmental Timing by Promoting Expression of the let-7 Family MicroRNAs

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Cohen, Max L ^a   Kim, Sunhong ^a,b,c   Morita, Kiyokazu ^a   Kim, Seong Heon ^b,c   Han, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAF 12 PROTEIN; LET 7; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 241; MICRORNA 48; MICRORNA 84; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; DAF-12 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ELT-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LET-7 MICRORNA, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAF 12 GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL TIMING; DOWN REGULATION; ELT 1 GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC SCREENING; GROWTH REGULATION; LIN 41 GENE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84926381958     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005099     Document Type: Article

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