Comparative analysis of 3D expression patterns of transcription factor genes and digit fate maps in the developing chick wing

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Fisher, Malcolm ^a,c   Downie, Helen ^b,d   Welten, Monique C M ^b   Delgado, Irene ^b,e   Bain, Andrew ^a,c   Planzer, Thorsten ^a   Sherman, Adrian ^c   Sang, Helen ^c   Tickle, Cheryll ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e University of Cantabria   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXD13; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SALL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SALL3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB BUD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIMB; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL LINEAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING;

EID: 79955525243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018661     Document Type: Article

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