The bifunctional protein DCoH/PCD, a transcription factor with a cytoplasmic enzymatic activity, is a maternal factor in the rat egg and expressed tissue specifically during embryogenesis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-59

  Strandmann, Elke Pogge V ^a   Senkel, Sabine ^a   Ryffel, Gerhart U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coactivator; DCoH PCD; Embryogenesis; Enzyme; Rat

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EYE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031936253     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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