Six1 and Six4 homeoproteins are required for Pax3 and Mrf expression during myogenesis in the mouse embryo

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2235-2249

  Grifone, Raphaelle ^a   Demignon, Josiane ^a   Houbron, Christophe ^a   Souil, Evelyne ^a   Niro, Claire ^a   Seller, Mary J ^b   Hamard, Ghislaine ^a   Maire, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypaxial lip; Migration; Myogenesis; Myotome; Pax3; Six sine oculis homeoproteins; Syndetome

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 6; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 8; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYOD1 PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; PROTEIN MRF4; PROTEIN SIX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DERMATOME; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPLASIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIMB BUD; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOTOME; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RIB MALFORMATION; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BONE AND BONES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; MYOGENIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 19544366212     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01773     Document Type: Article

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