TALE class homeodomain gene Irx5 is an immediate downstream target for Hoxb4 transcriptional regulation

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-55

  Theokli, Christopher ^a   El Kadi, Ali S Morsi ^a   Morgan, Richard ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early development; Hox; Hoxb4; Iroquois; Irx5; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; HOXB 4 PROTEIN; HOXB-4 PROTEIN; IROQUOIS PROTEIN, VERTEBRATE; PROTEIN HOX B4; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; PROTEIN TALE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IRX 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037408147     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10287     Document Type: Article

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