A gene regulatory network controlling hhex transcription in the anterior endoderm of the organizer

Developmental Biology

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-310

  Rankin, Scott A ^a   Kormish, Jay ^a,b   Kofron, Matt ^a   Jegga, Anil ^a   Zorn, Aaron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoderm; Hhex; Nodal; Organizer; Siamois; Transcription; Vent; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHORDIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NOGGIN; PROTEIN FOXH1; PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEIN SIAMOIS; PROTEIN TWIN; PROTEIN VENT1; PROTEIN VENT2; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HHEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LIM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FOREGUT; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PANCREAS DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79951680385     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.11.037     Document Type: Article

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