Direct activation by Ets and Zic is required for initial expression of the Brachyury gene in the ascidian notochord

Developmental Biology

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 870-882

  Matsumoto, Jun ^a   Kumano, Gaku ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryo; Brachyury; Embryonic induction; Ets; FGF; FoxA; Notochord; Zic

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRACHYURY GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPORTER GENE;

ASCIDIA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI;

EID: 34249893689     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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