The Ets family member Erg gene is expressed in mesodermal tissues and neural crests at fundamental steps during mouse embryogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 331-335

  Vlaeminck Guillem, V ^a   Carrere, S ^a   Dewitte, F ^a   Stehelin, D ^a   Desbiens, X ^b   Duterque Coquillaud, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Facult de Mdecine   (France)

Author keywords

Erg and Fli 1 genes; Ets family; Gene expression; Murine embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; MESODERM; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; MICE; NEURAL CREST; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-FLI-1; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0034003217     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00272-5     Document Type: Article

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