Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica
SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE
SUBSCRIBE TO PREMIUM
  • Home
  • Biographies
  • Animals & Nature
  • History & Society
  • Science & Tech
  • Geography & Travel
  • Arts & Culture
  • ProCon
  • Money
  • Games & Quizzes
  • Videos
  • Today in History
  • Dictionary
  • New Articles
Biographies
  • Browse Biographies
Animals & Nature
  • Birds, Reptiles & Other Vertebrates
  • Environment
  • Fossils & Geologic Time
  • Insects & Other Invertebrates
  • Mammals
  • Plants
History & Society
  • History
  • Philosophy & Religion
  • Politics, Law & Government
  • Society & Social Issues
Science & Tech
  • Health & Medicine
  • Science
  • Technology
Geography & Travel
  • Geography & Travel
Arts & Culture
  • Entertainment & Pop Culture
  • Literature
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Visual Arts
  • Image Galleries
  • Podcasts
  • Summaries
  • Top Questions
  • Lists and Stories
  • Britannica Kids
Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
lin-4
References
Britannica AI Icon

lin-4

molecular genetics
Written by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Learn about this topic in these articles:

  • Cowinner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Victor Ambros
    Victor Ambros
    / Lin-4 and miRNA

    In the late 1980s, after joining the faculty at Harvard University, Ambros studied more deeply a strain of C. elegans that carries a mutation in a gene known as lin-4. Lin-4 exerts temporal control over developmental events in C. elegans larvae by…

    Read More

    In the late 1980s, after joining the faculty at Harvard University, Ambros studied more deeply a strain of C. elegans that carries a mutation in a gene known as lin-4. Lin-4 exerts temporal control over developmental events in C. elegans larvae by…

    Read More
  • Gary Ruvkun reacts after learning that he is a winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
    Gary Ruvkun
    / Education and early research

    … with mutations in the genes lin-4 and lin-14.

    Read More

    … with mutations in the genes lin-4 and lin-14.

    Read More