Tet-on inducible system combined with in ovo electroporation dissects multiple roles of genes in somitogenesis of chicken embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 625-636

  Watanabe, Tadayoshi ^a,b   Saito, Daisuke ^a   Tanabe, Koji ^b   Suetsugu, Rinako ^b   Nakaya, Yukiko ^b   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^b   Takahashi, Yoshiko ^a,b  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell condensation; cMeso 1; In ovo electroporation; NCAM; Pax2; RhoA; Somitogenesis; Tet off; Tet on

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; RHO KINASE; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EGG; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOMITE;

GALLUS GALLUS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 34247552289     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.01.042     Document Type: Article

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