Rhythmic gene expression in somite formation and neural development

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 497-502

  Kageyama, Ryoichiro ^a,b   Niwa, Yasutaka ^a,b   Shimojo, Hiromi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological clock; Negative feedback; Segmentation clock; Ultradian oscillation

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOUSE EMBRYO; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; ORGANOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITES;

EID: 66649116272     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-009-0068-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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