Characterization of a subfamily of related winged helix genes, XFD- 12/12'/12'' (XFLIP), during Xenopus embryogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 161-165

  Sölter, Marion ^a   Hollemann, Thomas ^a   Brey, Andreas ^b   Pieler, Tomas ^a   Knöchel, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expression pattern; Floor plate; Fork head; Midbrain hindbrain boundary; Spemann organizer; Tailtip; Transcription factor; Winged helix; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0345580243     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00195-1     Document Type: Article

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