Lhx5 promotes forebrain development and activates transcription of secreted Wnt antagonists

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3191-3200

  Peng, Gang ^a   Westerfield, Monte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Axin; Forebrain; Lhx5; LIM homeobox domain factor; Masterblind; Secreted Wnt antagonists; Strp; Wnt signaling; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1A; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROSENCEPHALON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748758419     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02485     Document Type: Article

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