A novel NK-type homeobox gene, ENK (early embryo specific NK), preferentially expressed in embryonic stem cells

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-103

  Wang, Sue Hong ^a,b   Tsai, Ming Shiun ^b   Chiang, Ming Fu ^c   Li, Hung ^b,d  

^a JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Early; Embryonic stem cell; ENK; Homeobox; Mouse; Primitive ectoderm like cell

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ENK; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA LIBRARY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNER CELL MASS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0037344027     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-133X(03)00005-X     Document Type: Article

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