A HANDful of questions: The molecular biology of the heart and neural crest derivatives (HAND)-subclass of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors

Gene

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 27-40

  Firulli, Anthony B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix proteins; Embryonic development; Heart and neural crest derivatives (HAND) factors; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HAND2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HAND2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN, EHAND; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTEIN, EHAND; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CHICKEN; DNA HELIX; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; HEART; INTESTINE; JAW; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL CREST; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TISSUE CULTURE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TROPHOBLAST; YOLK SAC; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0141764868     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00669-3     Document Type: Review

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