A microarray screen for direct targets of ZIC1 identifies an aquaporin gene, aqp-3b, expressed in the neural folds

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1179-1194

  Cornish, E Jean ^a   Hassan, Sabah M ^a,b   Martin, Joshua D ^a   Li, Shuzhao ^a   Merzdorf, Christa S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aqp 3; Aqp 3b; Aquaporin; In situ hybridization; Microarray; Neural folds; Neural tube closure; Xenopus laevis; Zic1

Indexed keywords

AQUAGLYCEROPORIN; AQUAGLYCEROPORIN 3B; AQUAPORIN 3; CADHERIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESODERM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NEURAL CREST; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 3; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURAL TUBE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 66149101679     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21953     Document Type: Article

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