FLASH, a component of the FAS-CAPSASE8 apoptotic pathway, is directly regulated by Hoxb4 in the notochord

Developmental Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Morgan, Richard ^a   Nalliah, Alison ^a   Morsi El Kadi, Ali S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Apoptosis; FLASH; Hox; Hoxb4; Notochord; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 8; FAS ANTIGEN; HOX PROTEIN; HOXB4 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLASH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOX GENE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0345731230     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.09.030     Document Type: Article

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