Identification of otx2 target genes and restrictions in ectodermal competence during Xenopus cement gland formation

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 471-481

  Gammill, Laura S ^a   Sive, Hazel ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Cement gland; Hormone inducible protein; Otx2; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CHIN; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOBOX; LIGAND BINDING; LIMB BUD; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031054571     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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