cSix4, a member of the six gene family of transcription factors, is expressed during placode and somite development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 161-165

  Esteve, Pilar ^a   Bovolenta, Paola ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Branchial arches; Dermomyotome; Dermotome; Dorsal root ganglia; Lens placode; Limb bud; Mesoderm; Mesonephros; Motor neurons; Muscle; Myotome; Olfactory placode; Otic placode; Otic vesicle; Placodes; Retina; Retinal ganglion cell; Somites; Spinal cord; Trigeminal ganglia

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LIMB BUD; MOTONEURON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYOTOME; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; SOMITE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; SOMITES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0033166975     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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