Distinct promoter elements mediate endodermal and mesodermal expression of the HNF1α promoter in transgenic Xenopus

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-75

  Ryffel, Gerhart U ^a   Lingott, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA injection; Endoderm; Fluorescence; Germ layer specific expression; GFP; Gut; HNF1 ; HNF1 promoter; HNF4; Kidney; Liver; Mesoderm; Muscle actin promoter; Neural tubulin promoter; Promoter; Pronephros; Sperm nuclei; Tissue restricted expression; Transgenic Xenopus; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-BETA; MESODERM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0033991508     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00230-0     Document Type: Article

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