HLH-29 regulates ovulation in C. Elegans by targeting genes in the inositol triphosphate signaling pathway

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-268

  White, Ana ^a   Fearon, Abegail ^a   Johnson, Casonya M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hairy enhancer of split; Somatic gonad; Spermatheca uterine valve; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964662686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.2012046     Document Type: Article

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