The prepattern transcription factor Irx3 directs nephron segment identity

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2358-2370

  Reggiani, Luca ^a   Raciti, Daniela ^a   Airik, Rannar ^b   Kispert, Andreas ^b   Brändli, André W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Irx; Kidney organogenesis; Mouse; Nephron; Segmentation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IRX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HENLE LOOP; IRX1 GENE; IRX2 GENE; IRX3 GENE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPHRONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548832547     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.450707     Document Type: Article

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