Argonaute2 is essential for mammalian gastrulation and proper mesoderm formation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2565-2571

  Alisch, Reid S ^a   Jin, Peng ^a   Epstein, Michael ^a   Caspary, Tamara ^a   Warren, Stephen T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOMETHYLTRANSFERASE; ARGONAUTE 2 PROTEIN; EOMESODERMIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RNA INDUCED SILENCING COMPLEX; BRACHYURY PROTEIN; EIF2C2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FETOPROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 2; PRIMER DNA; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRULATION; GENE INTERACTION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA PRIMERS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; FETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MICE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 37749055420     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030227     Document Type: Article

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