Xenopus Zic4: Conservation and diversification of expression profiles and protein function among the Xenopus Zic family

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 235, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3379-3386

  Fujimi, Takahiko J ^a   Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko ^a   Aruga, Jun ^a  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Expression pattern; Neural development; Xenopus; Zic; Zic4

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPERPLASIA; MARKER GENE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SLUG GENE; SOMITE; SOX10 GENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZIC1 GENE; ZIC2 GENE; ZIC3 GENE; ZIC4 GENE; ZIC5 GENE; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL CREST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33845358941     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20906     Document Type: Article

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