The initiation of liver development is dependent on Foxa transcription factors

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7044, 2005, Pages 944-947

  Lee, Catherine S ^a   Friedman, Joshua R ^a   Fulmer, James T ^a   Kaestner, Klaus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS; TISSUE CULTURE;

EMBRYOS; FOREGUT ENDODERM; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER-SPECIFIC GENES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; PREALBUMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FOXA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FOXA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FOXA3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3GAMMA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-GAMMA; LIVER; MICE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 20544473735     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03649     Document Type: Article

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