Regulation of the Xenopus Xsox17α1 promoter by co-operating VegT and Sox17 sites

Developmental Biology

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 402-415

  Howard, Laura ^a   Rex, Maria ^a   Clements, Debbie ^a   Woodland, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoderm; Promoter; Sox17; TGF ; Transgenic embryo; VegT; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEIN VEGT; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGT PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XSOX17 ALPHA PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XSOX17 BETA PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XSOX17-ALPHA PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XSOX17-BETA PROTEIN, XENOPUS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENICS; XENOPUS; XSOX17ALPHA1 GENE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLASTULA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 34748919748     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.07.028     Document Type: Article

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