En2, Pax2/5 and Tcf-4 transcription factors cooperate in patterning the Xenopus brain

Developmental Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 318-328

  Koenig, Sabrina F ^a   Brentle, Susanne ^a   Hamdi, Kamar ^a   Fichtner, Diana ^a   Wedlich, Doris ^a   Gradl, Dietmar ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Engrailed; Isthmus; Midbrain; Pax; Wnt; Xenopus; XTcf 4

Indexed keywords

ENGRAILED 2 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TCF 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENOME SIZE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 77951205088     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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