Characterization of genomic structures and expression profiles of three tandem repeats of a mouse double homeobox gene: Duxbl

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 927-940

  Wu, Shey Lin ^a   Tsai, Ming Shiun ^b   Wong, Swee Hee ^c   Hsieh Li, Hsiu Mei ^d   Tsai, Tz Shiu ^c   Chang, Wei Tang ^c   Huang, Shin Ling ^c   Chiu, Chun Ching ^a   Wang, Sue Hong ^c,e  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double homeobox gene; Duxbl; Mouse embryo; Myogenesis; Reproductive development

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOUBLE HOMEOBOX GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGONIUM; TAIL; TANDEM REPEAT; TESTIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIES; OOCYTES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77149125886     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22210     Document Type: Article

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