Cdx2 regulation of posterior development through non-Hox targets

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4099-4110

  Savory, Joanne G A ^a   Bouchard, Nathalie ^b   Pierre, Vicki ^c   Rijli, Filippo M ^d   De Repentigny, Yves ^e   Kothary, Rashmi ^a,e   Lohnes, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^e OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axis elongation; Brachyury; Cdx; CYP26a1; Mouse; Retinoic acid; Vertebral patterning; Wnt3a

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 26A1; HOX PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SOMITE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINE; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

MUS;

EID: 71449104503     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.041582     Document Type: Article

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