Chicken NKx2-8, a novel homeobox gene expressed during early heart and foregut development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-59

  Brand, Thomas ^a   Andrée, Birgit ^a   Schneider, André ^a   Buchberger, Astrid ^a   Arnold, Hans Henning ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronchial arch; Chicken; Heart; NK 2 homeobox

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEART; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030746215     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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