Xiro3 encodes a xenopus homolog of the Drosophila Iroquois genes and functions in neural specification

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 191-203

  Bellefroid, Eric J ^a,b   Kobbe, Antje ^c   Gruss, Peter ^c   Pieler, Tomas ^d   Gurdon, John B ^a,b   Papalopulu, Nancy ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d Inst F Biochem Molec Z   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homeobox; Iroquois; Mouse; Neural specification; Prepattern gene; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CELL MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; NOGGIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032472413     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.1.191     Document Type: Article

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