The Hlx homeobox transcription factor is required early in enteric nervous system development

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bates, Michael D ^a   Dunagan, Dana T ^a   Welch, Lynn C ^a   Kaul, Ajay ^a   Harvey, Richard P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HLX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLX PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LIVER; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; STAINING; STOMACH; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LACTOSE OPERON; MALE; MESODERM; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAC OPERON; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33748710670     PISSN: 1471213X     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-6-33     Document Type: Article

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