Of Fox and Frogs: Fox (fork head/winged helix) transcription factors in Xenopus development

Gene

Volumn 344, Issue , 2005, Pages 21-32

  Pohl, Barbara S ^a   Knöchel, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; DNA binding; Embryogenesis; Expression pattern; Fork head winged helix domain; Signal transduction; Transcription factors; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL CYCLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOX; FROG; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANURA; CANIDAE; METAZOA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 12344276698     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.09.037     Document Type: Review

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