Molecular characterization, structure and developmental expression of Megane bHLH factor

Gene

Volumn 377, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 65-76

  Guimera, Jordi ^a   Vogt Weisenhorn, Daniela ^a   Echevarría, Diego ^b   Martínez, Salvador ^b   Wurst, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enhancer of split; Full length; GABAergic; Hairy; Heslike

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEGANE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EN1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 8; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAMMAL; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CPG ISLANDS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746109603     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.02.026     Document Type: Article

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