The caudal-related homeobox genes cdx1a and cdx4 act redundantly to regulate hox gene expression and the formation of putative hematopoietic stem cells during zebrafish embryogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 506-518

  Davidson, Alan J ^a   Zon, Leonard I ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal homeobox; Cdx; Hematopoiesis; Hematopoietic stem cells; Hox; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAUDAL RELATED HOMEOBOX GENE; CDX1A GENE; CDX4 GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GONAD; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOX GENE; KIDNEY CELL; MESODERM; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL; ZEBRA FISH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION HYBRID MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RADIATION HYBRID MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SYNTENY; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 33646913849     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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