T-box genes in development: From hydra to humans

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 207, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-70

  Papaioannou, Virginia E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyury; DNA binding motif; Gene family; Metazoan development; T box; Tbx; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COELENTERATE; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0035021253     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(01)07002-4     Document Type: Article

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