Dual role of the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor scleraxis in mesoderm formation and chondrogenesis during mouse embryogenesis

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 4317-4329

  Brown, Doris ^a   Wagner, Dan ^b   Li, Xiang Qing ^a   Richardson, James A ^c   Olson, Eric N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helic loop helix; Chondrogenesis; Mesoderm; Mouse; Scleraxis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE TARGETING; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SOMITE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE AND BONES; CHIMERA; CHONDROGENESIS; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032735947     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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