The T-box gene family

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-19

  Papaioannou, Virginia E ^a   Silver, Lee M ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURY PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031914530     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199801)20:1<9::AID-BIES4>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Review

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