Characterisation and developmental regulation of the Xenopus laevis CCAAT-enhancer binding protein β gene

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-148

  Kousteni, Stavroula ^a   Kockar, Feray Tura ^a   Sweeney, Glen E ^a   Ramji, Dipak P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activation domain; Basic leucine zipper domain; Blastopore lip; CCAAT enhancer binding protein ; Development; DNA binding domain; DNA sequence; Electrophoretic mobility shift assays; Embryogenesis; Endodermal cells; Expression profile; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Temporal and spatial expression profile; Transcription factor; Transcriptional activator; Transient transfection assays; Western blot analysis; Whole mount in situ hybridization; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031728056     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00128-2     Document Type: Article

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