The expression of the mouse Zic1, Zic2, and Zic3 gene suggests an essential role for Zic genes in body pattern formation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 299-313

  Nagai, Takeharu ^a,b   Aruga, Jun ^a   Takada, Shinji ^c   Günther, Thomas ^d   Spörle, Ralf ^d   Schughart, Klaus ^d   Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko ^a,b  

^a RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031568805     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8449     Document Type: Article

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