Specification of hematopoietic and vascular development by the bHLH transcription factor SCL without direct DNA binding

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 4603-4615

  Porcher, Catherine ^a   Liao, Eric C ^a,b   Fujiwara, Yuko ^a,b   Zon, Leonard I ^a,b   Orkin, Stuart H ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH transcription factor; cloche; Hematopoiesis; Phenotypic rescue; SCL tal 1; Vasculogenesis; Zebrafish mutant

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; HEMATOPOIESIS; LEUKEMIA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BLOOD VESSELS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKEMIA; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032722671     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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