The role of a retinoic acid response element in establishing the anterior neural expression border of Hoxd4 transgenes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 325-335

  Nolte, Christof ^a,b   Amores, Angel ^c   Nagy Kovács, Erzsébet ^b   Postlethwait, John ^c   Featherstone, Mark ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary conservation; Hindbrain; Hoxd4; hoxd4a; Mouse; Retinoic acid response element; Rhombomere; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXD4; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037362117     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00442-2     Document Type: Article

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