Comparison of sequence and function of the Oct-6 genes in zebrafish, chicken and mouse

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-98

  Levavasseur, Francoise ^a   Mandemakers, Wim ^a   Visser, Pim ^a   Broos, Ludo ^a   Grosveld, Frank ^a   Zivkovic, Dana ^b   Meijer, Dies ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicken; Moose; Oct 6 gene; POU genes; Schwann cell differentiation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZEBRA FISH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYELIN SHEATH; OPEN READING FRAME; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SCHWANN CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSACTIVATION;

NERVE PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6; POU3F1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; POU3F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; POU50 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-6; OPEN READING FRAMES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCHWANN CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0032103773     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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