Physical interaction between Tbx6 and mespb is indispensable for the activation of bowline expression during Xenopus somitogenesis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 372, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-612

  Hitachi, Keisuke ^a   Danno, Hiroki ^a   Kondow, Akiko ^a   Ohnuma, Kiyoshi ^a   Uchiyama, Hideho ^b   Ishiura, Shoichi ^a   Kurisaki, Akira ^c   Asashima, Makoto ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bowline; Mesp2; Mespb; Physical interaction; Presomitic mesoderm; Ripply2; Segmentation; Somitogenesis; Tbx6; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

MESPB PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TBX6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BOWLINE GENE; DELETION MUTANT; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIPPLY2 GENE; SOMITOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; SOMITES; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 45449088306     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.083     Document Type: Article

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