FoxH1 (Fast) functions to specify the anterior primitive streak in the mouse

Genes and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1257-1271

  Hoodless, Pamela A ^a,d   Pye, Melanie ^a   Chazaud, Claire ^a   Labbé, Etienne ^b   Attisano, Liliana ^b   Rossant, Janet ^a,c   Wrana, Jeffrey L ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior primitive streak; FoxH1; Gastrulation; Nodal; Smad

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISCERA;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035873224     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.881501     Document Type: Article

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