SCL/Tal-1 transcription factor acts downstream of cloche to specify hematopoietic and vascular progenitors in zebrafish

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 621-626

  Liao, Eric C ^a,b   Paw, Barry H ^a   Oates, Andrew C ^c   Pratt, Stephen J ^a   Postlethwait, John H ^d   Zon, Leonard I ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

clo; Hematopoiesis; SCL Tal 1; Vasculogenesis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0032032466     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.5.621     Document Type: Article

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