Cloning and developmental expression of the soxB2 genes, sox14 and sox21, during Xenopus laevis embryogenesis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 999-1004

  Cunningham, Doreen D ^a   Meng, Zhuo ^a   Fritzsch, Bernd ^b   Casey, Elena Silva ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural tube; Neurogenesis; Sox; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX14; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX21; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOXB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SOX14 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; SOX21 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SOXB2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 58749085529     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082586dc     Document Type: Article

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