YAC transgenic analysis reveals Wilms' Tumour 1 gene activity in the proliferating coelomic epithelium, developing diaphragm and limb

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 169-184

  Moore, Adrian W ^a   Schedl, Andreas ^b   McInnes, Lesley ^a   Doyle, Michael ^c   Hecksher Sorensen, Jacob ^a   Hastie, Nicholas D ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coelomic epithelium; Diaphragm; Epithelial to mesenchymal cell type transition; Gene regulation; Hepatic sinusoids; Interdigital; lacZ; Limb metanephros; Mesenchymal to epithelial cell type transition; Mouse embryo; Nephric cord; Podocyte; Rete testis Sertoli; Septum transversum; Transgenic; Wilms' Tumour I gene; Yeast artificial chromosome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; DIAPHRAGM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LIVER; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WT1 PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032428032     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00188-9     Document Type: Article

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