Ash1a and neurogenin1 function downstream of floating head to regulate epiphysial neurogenesis

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2455-2466

  Cau, Elise ^a   Wilson, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bHLH transcription factor; Epiphysis; Floating head; Neurogenesis; Prepattern; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ASH1A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NGN1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPIPHYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEM CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PINEAL GLAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037672380     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00452     Document Type: Review

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