A Competition Mechanism for a Homeotic Neuron Identity Transformation in C. elegans

Developmental Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 206-219

  Gordon, Patricia M ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CEH-14 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEC-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAG-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; UNC-86 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84938212272     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.04.023     Document Type: Article

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