Expression of FoxC, FoxF, FoxL1, and FoxQ1 genes in the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula defines ancient and derived roles for fox genes in vertebrate development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1590-1603

  Wotton, Karl R ^a,b   Mazet, Françoise ^c   Shimeld, Sebastian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catshark; Dogfish; Forkhead; FoxC; FoxF; FoxL; FoxQ; Gene cluster; Mesoderm

Indexed keywords

FOXC PROTEIN; FOXF PROTEIN; FOXL1 PROTEIN; FOXQ1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DOGFISH; EMBRYO; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THELAZIA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; DOGFISH; ENDODERM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

CHONDRICHTHYES; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44949253045     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21553     Document Type: Article

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