FoxA transcription factors are essential for the development of dorsal axial structures

Developmental Biology

Volumn 350, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 484-495

  Dal Pra, Sophie ^a   Thisse, Christine ^a   Thisse, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Floor plate; FoxA; Gastrula; Hypochord; Notochord

Indexed keywords

FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXA1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MESODERM; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79151477209     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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