Sox17 and β-catenin cooperate to regulate the transcription of endodermal genes

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 3069-3080

  Sinner, Débora ^a   Rankin, Scott ^a   Lee, Monica ^a   Zorn, Aaron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

catenin; Endoderm; Foxa; Gata; Sox17; Transcription; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; COS CELLS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 4043094754     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01176     Document Type: Article

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