Inhibition of Xbra transcription activation causes defects in mesodermal patterning and reveals autoregulation of Xbra in dorsal mesoderm

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2427-2435

  Conlon, F L ^a   Sedgwick, S G ^a   Weston, K M ^b   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Engrailed repressor; Mesoderm; No tail; Transcription activation; Xenopus; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029831088     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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