Zebrafish eve1 regulates the lateral and ventral fates of mesodermal progenitor cells at the onset of gastrulation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 349, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-89

  Seebald, Jamie L ^a   Szeto, Daniel P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bmp; Eve1; Ved; Vent; Vox; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN EVE1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; INTRON; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 78649450106     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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