Xenopus Zic family and its role in neural and neural crest development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 43-51

  Nakata, Katsunori ^a,b   Nagai, Takeharu ^a,b   Aruga, Jun ^a   Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko ^a,b,c  

^a RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Calciosignal Net Project   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanocyte; Neural crest; Neural development; Neural induction; Neural plate; Neuroectoderm; Odd paired; Slug; Somite; Twist; Xenopus; Zic; Zic family; Zic1; Zic2; Zic3; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

GASTRULA; MELANOCYTE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SOMITE; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032122429     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00073-2     Document Type: Article

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