Zinc transcription factors in cellular differentiation and organogenesis

Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 89-102

  Falchuk, Kenneth H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Oogenesis; Organogenesis; Transcription factors; Xenopus laevis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 0031879314     PISSN: 0896548X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-670x(1998)11:2/3<89::aid-jtra3>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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