Lmo2 and Scl/Tal1 convert non-axial mesoderm into haemangioblasts which differentiate into endothelial cells in the absence of Gata1

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 6187-6199

  Gering, Martin ^a   Yamada, Yoshihiro ^b,c   Rabbitts, Terence H ^b   Patient, Roger K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood; Erythropoiesis; Haematopoiesis; Heart; Lateral mesoderm; Myelopoiesis; Pronephric duct; Somitic mesoderm; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LMO2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SCL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GATA1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HEMATOPOIESIS; MESODERM; METALLOPROTEINS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0346888544     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00875     Document Type: Review

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