Two Hoxc6 transcripts are differentially expressed and regulate primary neurogenesis in Xenopus laevis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 755-765

  Bardine, Nabila ^a   Donow, Cornelia ^a   Korte, Brigitte ^a   Durston, Antony J ^b   Knöchel, Walter ^a   Wacker, Stephan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential expression; Hoxc6 transcripts; Neurogenesis; Primary neurons

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; HOXC6 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; HOX GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEURAL PLATE; NEUROGENESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 61649112937     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21889     Document Type: Article

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