Microarray analysis of Foxa2 mutant mouse embryos reveals novel gene expression and inductive roles for the gastrula organizer and its derivatives

BMC Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tamplin, Owen J ^a,b   Kinzel, Doris ^c   Cox, Brian J ^a   Bell, Christine E ^d   Rossant, Janet ^a,b   Lickert, Heiko ^c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; FOXA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC SCREENING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MARKER GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC;

EID: 57949111578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-511     Document Type: Article

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