Comparative expression analysis of the Neurogenins in Xenopus tropicalis and Xenopus laevis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 451-458

  Nieber, Frank ^a   Pieler, Tomas ^a   Henningfeld, Kristine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

bHLH; Neurogenin; Primary neurogenesis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

NEUROGENIN 1; NEUROGENIN 2; NEUROGENIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; GASTRULA; GENE SEQUENCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 59649083027     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21845     Document Type: Article

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