Mxi1 is essential for neurogenesis in Xenopus and acts by bridging the pan-neural and proneural genes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 470-485

  Klisch, Tiemo J ^a   Souopgui, Jacob ^a   Juergens, Kathrin ^a   Rust, Barbara ^a   Pieler, Tomas ^a   Henningfeld, Kristine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mad; Myc; Primary neurogenesis; Sox; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS;

EID: 33645944976     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.12.037     Document Type: Article

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