Noncanonical Wnt-4 signaling and EAF2 are required for eye development in Xenopus laevis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1181-1191

  Maurus, Daniel ^a   Héligon, Christophe ^b   Bürger Schwärzler, Anja ^a   Brändli, André W ^b   Kühl, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EAF2; Eye development; RNA polymerase II elongation; Wnt 4

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EAF2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; KIDNEY TUBULE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 17144376726     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600603     Document Type: Article

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