A Pbx1-dependent genetic and transcriptional network regulates spleen ontogeny

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3113-3126

  Brendolan, Andrea ^a   Ferretti, Elisabetta ^a   Salsi, Valentina ^b   Moses, Kelvin ^c   Quaggin, Susan ^d   Blasi, Francesco ^e   Cleary, Michael L ^f   Selleri, Licia ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hox11 (Tlx1); Mouse; Nkx2.5; Nkx3.2 (Bapx1); Organogenesis; Pbx1; Pbx1 targets; Pod1 (capsulin, Tcf21); Proliferation; Spleen ontogeny; Transcriptional regulation; Wtl

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WT1 PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 23144447270     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01884     Document Type: Article

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