Wt1a, Foxc1a, and the Notch mediator Rbpj physically interact and regulate the formation of podocytes in zebrafish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 318-330

  O'Brien, Lori L ^a   Grimaldi, Michael ^a   Kostun, Zachary ^a   Wingert, Rebecca A ^a,b   Selleck, Rori ^a   Davidson, Alan J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Foxc1a; Glomerulus; Kidney; Notch; Podocyte; Wilms' tumor suppressor 1; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NEPHRIN; PODOCALYXIN; PROTEIN HEY1; PROTEIN RBPJ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXC1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WILMS TUMOR SUPPRESSOR 1 A PROTEIN; WILMS TUMOR SUPPRESSOR 1 B PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTERRENAL GLAND; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSACTIVATION; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 80053107072     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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