The Evolutionarily Conserved LIM Homeodomain Protein LIM-4/LHX6 Specifies the Terminal Identity of a Cholinergic and Peptidergic C. elegans Sensory/Inter/Motor Neuron-Type

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Kim, Jinmahn ^a   Yeon, Jihye ^a   Choi, Seong Kyoon ^a   Huh, Yang Hoon ^b   Fang, Zi ^a   Park, Seo Jin ^c   Kim, Myoung Ok ^c   Ryoo, Zae Young ^c   Kang, Kyeongjin ^d   Kweon, Hee Seok ^b   Jeon, Won Bae ^a   Li, Chris ^e   Kim, Kyuhyung ^a  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Nano Bio Electron Microscopy Research Group Basic Science Institute   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^e CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LHX6 PROTEIN; LHX8 PROTEIN; LIM 4 PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; LHX6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLP 12 NEUROPEPTIDE GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNEURON; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTONEURON; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84940780756     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005480     Document Type: Article

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