Complex functions of Mef2 splice variants in the differentiation of endoderm and of a neuronal cell type in a sea anemone

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4911-4919

  Genikhovich, Grigory ^a   Technau, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Endoderm development; Mef2; Nematostella

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BILATERIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CNIDARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM CELL; NERVE CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEA ANEMONE; TRANSACTIVATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOLINOS; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEA ANEMONES;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; HEXAPODA; HYDROZOA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; SCYPHOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054895075     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.068122     Document Type: Article

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