Distinct regulators of Shh transcription in the floor plate and notochord indicate separate origins for these tissues in the mouse node

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3891-3902

  Jeong, Yongsu ^a   Epstein, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Floor plate; Gene regulation; Node; Notochord; Shh

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BINDING SITE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; MESODERM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0041508221     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00590     Document Type: Review

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