Developmental expression of the Xenopus Nkx2-1 and Nkx2-4 genes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 259-262

  Small, Eric M ^a   Vokes, Steven A ^a   Garriock, Robert J ^a   Li, Dongling ^a   Krieg, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diencephalon; Esophagus; Forebrain; Homeobox gene; Lung; NK 2; Nkx2 1; Nkx2 4; Organogenesis; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THYROID GLAND; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROSENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THYROID GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0034705991     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00400-7     Document Type: Article

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