Specificity protein 2 (Sp2) is essential for mouse development and autonomous proliferation of mouse embryonic fibroblasts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Baur, Frank ^a   Nau, Kerstin ^a   Sadic, Dennis ^a   Allweiss, Lena ^a   Elsässer, Hans Peter ^a   Gillemans, Nynke ^b   De Wit, Ton ^b   Krüger, Imme ^a   Vollmer, Marion ^a   Philipsen, Sjaak ^b   Suske, Guntram ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP2; DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH RETARDATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LETHALITY; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; SP2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77949669791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009587     Document Type: Article

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