Xenopus reduced folate carrier regulates neural crest development epigenetically

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Li, Jiejing ^a,b   Shi, Yu ^a,c   Sun, Jian ^a,b   Zhang, Yanfeng ^a,b   Mao, Bingyu ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; FOXD3 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE H3; LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER; SNAIL1 PROTEIN; SNAIL2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TWIST1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIC1 PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; EPIGENETICS; FOXD3 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SILENCING; HISTONE METHYLATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MARKER GENE; MSX1 GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEURAL CREST; NEUROCRISTOPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAX3 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SNAIL1 GENE; SNAIL2 GENE; TWIST1 GENE; XENOPUS; ZIC1 GENE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURAL CREST; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER PROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 80655132048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027198     Document Type: Article

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