Roles of Sox factors in neural determination: Conserved signaling in evolution?

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 321-326

  Sasai, Y ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Neural inducers; Sox2; SoxD; SoxN

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HMGB PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; CANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035074095     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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