The bZIP transcription factor LCR-F1 is essential for mesoderm formation in mouse development

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 786-798

  Farmer, Susan C ^a   Sun, Chiao Wang ^a   Winnier, Glenn E ^b   Hogan, Brigid L M ^b,c   Townes, Tim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

gastrulation; knockout; LCR F1; mesoderm

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROID CELL; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030995597     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.6.786     Document Type: Article

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