The transcription factor RFX3 directs nodal cilium development and left-right asymmetry specification

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4417-4427

  Bonnafe, E ^a   Touka, M ^a   AitLounis, A ^d   Baas, D ^a,e   Barras, E ^d   Ucla, C ^d   Moreau, A ^c   Flamant, F ^b   Dubruille, R ^a   Couble, P ^a   Collignon, J ^c   Durand, B ^a   Reith, W ^d  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b Univ Claude Bernard   (France)

^c INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^e INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE ET CHIMIE DES PROTÉINES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RFX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN (RF X); X BOX BINDING PROTEIN (RF-X);

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MATURATION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEATH; FATALITY; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SITUS INVERSUS; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CILIA; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DYNEIN ATPASE; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 2942562853     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.10.4417-4427.2004     Document Type: Article

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