A zinc finger transcription factor, ZicL, is a direct activator of Brachyury in the notochord specification of Ciona intestinalis

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1279-1288

  Yagi, Kasumi ^a   Satou, Yutaka ^a   Satoh, Nori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Ciona intestinalis; Direct activator; Notochord; ZicL

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; BLASTOMERE; BRACHYURA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CIONA INTESTINALIS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FETAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOCHORD; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ASCIDIA; BRACHYURA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842454958     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01011     Document Type: Article

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