Comparative analysis of duplicated sox21 genes in zebrafish

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-356

  Lan, Xianjiang ^a   Wen, Lu ^a   Li, Kui ^a   Liu, Xiaojun ^a   Luo, Benping ^a   Chen, Feng ^d   Xie, Dan ^b   Kung, Hsiang fu ^a,b,c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANT DEVELOPMENT   (China)

Author keywords

Conserved non coding elements; Gene expression; Sox21

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX21 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX21A PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX21B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LENS; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC LOCI; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOXB2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79954609899     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2010.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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