Xenopus Dbx2 is involved in primary neurogenesis and early neural plate patterning

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 412, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-174

  Ma, Pengcheng ^a,d   Zhao, Shuhua ^b   Zeng, Wanli ^a,d   Yang, Qiutan ^c   Li, Chaocui ^a   Lv, Xiaoyan ^c   Zhou, Qin ^c   Mao, Bingyu ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Yunnan Population and Family Planning Research Institute   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dbx1; Dbx2; Neural plate patterning; Neurogenesis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

DBX2 PROTEIN; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE SILENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL PLATE; NEUROGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80051795889     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.07.068     Document Type: Article

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