A novel POU domain gene, zebrafish pou2: Expression and roles of two alternatively spliced twin products in early development

Genes and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 45-59

  Takeda, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Matsuzaki, Takashi ^a,c   Oki, Toru ^a   Miyagawa, Terumi ^a   Amanuma, Hiroshi ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alternative splicing; commitment; gastrulation; oct 3; POU domain gene; stem cell; zebrafish embryo

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; BLASTULA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0028084768     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.8.1.45     Document Type: Article

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