Axial (HNF3β) and retinoic acid receptors are regulators of the zebrafish sonic hedgehog promotor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 3955-3964

  Chang, Bei En ^a   Blader, Patrick ^a   Fischer, Nadine ^a   Ingham, Philip W ^b   Strähle, Uwe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial (HNF3 ); Floor plate; Notochord; Retinoic acid; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FOXA2 PROTEIN, RAT; FOXA2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR BETA; SHH PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID X RECEPTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0031009717     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.13.3955     Document Type: Article

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