The nephrogenic potential of the transcription factors osr1, osr2, hnf1b, lhx1 and pax8 assessed in Xenopus animal caps

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Drews, Christiane ^a   Senkel, Sabine ^a   Ryffel, Gerhart U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; MESSENGER RNA; OSR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PAX8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; ECTODERM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MESONEPHROS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MESONEPHROS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79251551056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-11-5     Document Type: Article

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