Patterning of the third pharyngeal pouch into thymus/parathyroid by Six and Eya1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 499-512

  Zou, Dan ^a   Silvius, Derek ^a   Davenport, Julie ^a   Grifone, Raphaelle ^b   Maire, Pascal ^b   Xu, Pin Xian ^a  

^a MCLAUGHLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Eya1; Fgf8; Fox; Hoxa3; Parathyroid; Patterning; Pax; Six1; Six4; Tbx1; Third pharyngeal pouch; Thymus; Wnt5b

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EYA1; PROTEIN FOXN1; PROTEIN GCM2; PROTEIN PRAX1; PROTEIN SIX; PROTEIN SIX4; PROTEIN TBX1; PROTEIN WNT5B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PARATHYROID GLAND; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646185393     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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