Involvement of Pax6 and Otx2 in the forebrain-specific regulation of the vertebrate homeobox gene ANF/Hesx1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 567-579

  Spieler, Derek ^a   Bäumer, Nicole ^a,b   Stebler, Jürg ^a   Köprunner, Marion ^a,c   Reichman Fried, Michal ^a   Teichmann, Ulrike ^a   Raz, Erez ^a   Kessel, Michael ^a   Wittler, Lars ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chick; DNA binding; Mouse; Promoter; Prosencephalon; Transcription; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTERIOR NEURAL FOLD GENE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOMEOBOX; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; GALLUS GALLUS; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942456876     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.01.044     Document Type: Article

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