Repression of the hindbrain developmental program by Cdx factors is required for the specification of the vertebrate spinal cord

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2147-2158

  Skromne, Isaac ^a   Thorsen, Dean ^a   Hale, Melina ^a   Prince, Victoria E ^a   Ho, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal; Cdx; Central nervous system; Chordates; Evolution; Hindbrain; Hox; Retinoic acid; Rhombomeres; Segmentation; Spinal cord; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

HOX 5 PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX1ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HOX GENE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOTONEURON; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DNA PRIMERS; ECTODERM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

CHORDATA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250804728     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.002980     Document Type: Article

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