The proneural gene asc/1a is required for endoctrine differentiation and cell survival in the zebrafish adenohypophysis

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1079-1089

  Pogoda, Hans Martin ^a   von der Hardt, Sophia ^a   Herzog, Wiebke ^a,c   Kramer, Carina ^a   Schwarz, Heinz ^b   Hammerschmidt, Matthias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysis; Apoptosis; Asc 1a (Zash1a); Cell specification; Cell survival; Neurohypophysis; Pia; Pituitary; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACHAETE SCUTE LIKE 1A PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; LIM3 PROTEIN; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACHAETE SCUTE COMPLEX LIKE 1A PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ACHAETE-SCUTE COMPLEX-LIKE 1A PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FGF3 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MUTANT; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIENCEPHALON; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HYPOPHYSIS; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DIENCEPHALON; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 33645748709     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02296     Document Type: Article

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