Xenopus Meis3 protein lies at a nexus downstream to Zic1 and Pax3 proteins, regulating multiple cell-fates during early nervous system development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-62

  Gutkovich, Yoni E ^a   Ofir, Rachel ^a   Elkouby, Yaniv M ^a   Dibner, Charna ^a,b   Gefen, Aharon ^a   Elias, Sarah ^a   Frank, Dale ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

FGF; Hindbrain; Neural crest; Pax3; Primary neurons; Xenopus; XMeis3; Zic1

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXD1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MEIS3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZIC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RHOMBENCEPHALON; XENOPUS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73849087972     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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