Xtbx6r, a novel T-box gene expressed in the paraxial mesoderm, has anterior neural-inducing activity

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 681-689

  Yabe, Shigeharu ^a   Tazumi, Shunsuke ^a   Yokoyama, Jun ^a   Uchiyama, Hideho ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

EST; Neural induction; Presomitic mesoderm; Wnt; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN WNT8; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; THYLACINE2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX24; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR XAG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR XTBX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR XTBX6R; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECTODERM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33846366391     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.062177sy     Document Type: Article

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