B1 and B2 Sox gene expression during neural plate development in chicken and mouse embryos: Universal versus species-dependent features

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 761-771

  Uchikawa, Masanori ^a   Yoshida, Megumi ^a   Iwafuchi Doi, Makiko ^a   Matsuda, Kazunari ^a   Ishida, Yoshiko ^b   Takemoto, Tatsuya ^a   Kondoh, Hisato ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Mouse; Neural plate; Sox1; Sox2; Sox21; Sox3

Indexed keywords

B1 SOX GENE; B2 SOX GENE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PATTERN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MESODERM; MOUSE EMBRYO; NEURAL PLATE NODE; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK CUP; PRIMITIVE STREAK; REVIEW; SOX1 GENE; SOX2 GENE; SOX21 GENE; SOX3 GENE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; MICE; NEURAL PLATE; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SOXB2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMNIOTA;

EID: 80051672849     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2011.01286.x     Document Type: Review

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