Osteogenic transcription factor Runx2 is a maternal determinant of dorsoventral patterning in zebrafish

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-352

  Flores, Maria Vega C ^a   Lam, Enid Yi Ni ^a   Crosier, Kathryn E ^a   Crosier, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA SUBUNITS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; OSTEOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANURA; DANIO RERIO; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40249101595     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1697     Document Type: Article

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