Dynamic expression of chicken Sox2 and Sox3 genes in ectoderm induced to form neural tissue

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-332

  Rex, Maria ^a   Orme, Alex ^a   Uwanogho, Dafe ^b   Tointon, Kevin ^a   Wigmore, Peter M ^a   Sharpe, Paul T ^b   Scotting, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick development; HMG box; Neural induction; Sox genes

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPITHELIUM; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HMGB PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030962734     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199707)209:3<323::AID-AJA7>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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