Alternative usage of Otx2 promoters during mouse development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 154-160

  Fossat, Nicolas ^a   Courtois, Virginie ^a,b   Chatelain, Gilles ^a   Brun, Gilbert ^a   Lamonerie, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alternative promoters; Brain development; In situ hybridization; Otx2; Real time RT PCR; Transcription

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE ACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

EID: 17444420744     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20287     Document Type: Article

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