Polycomb group protein Ezh1 represses Nodal and maintains the left-right axis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 459-463

  Arai, Daisuke ^a   Katsura, Hiroaki ^a   Shindo, Norihisa ^a,b   Matsumoto, Mayuko ^a   Higashinakagawa, Toru ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ezh1; Left right axis; Medaka; Nodal; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

ENHANCER OF ZESTE HOMOLOG 1 PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOXH1; PROTEIN NODAL; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FISH PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA; ORYZIINAE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; NODAL PROTEIN; ORYZIAS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 77952318367     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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