Interaction between X-Delta-2 and Hox genes regulates segmentation and patterning of the anteroposterior axis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-333

  Peres, João N ^a   McNulty, Claire L ^a   Durston, Anthony J ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior patterning; Hox genes; Notch pathway; PG1; Segmentation; Somitogenesis; Su(H) independent; X Delta 2; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOSS; HOX GENE; KNOCKOUT GENE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SOMITES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33646857442     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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