A fork head related multigene family is transcribed in Xenopus laevis embryos

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 245-253

  Lef, Jutta ^a   Dege, Petra ^a   Scheucher, Michaela ^a   Forsbach Birk, Vera ^a   Clement, Joachim H ^a   Knöchel, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Fork head; Whole mount in situ hybridization; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TETRAPLOIDY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0029966101     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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