Distinct transcriptional regulatory mechanisms underlie left-right asymmetric expression of lefty-1 and lefty-2

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-269

  Saijoh, Yukio ^a   Adachi, Hitoshi ^a   Mochida, Kyoko ^b   Ohishi, Sachiko ^b   Hirao, Akiko ^b   Hamada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Left right asymmetry; Lefty; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENCER GENE; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033082264     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.3.259     Document Type: Article

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