The homeobox leucine zipper gene Homez plays a role in Xenopus laevis neurogenesis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 415, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-16

  Ghimouz, Rym ^a   Bar, Isabelle ^a   Hanotel, Julie ^a   Minela, Beatica ^a   Keruzore, Marc ^a   Thelie, Aurore ^a   Bellefroid, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Homez; Primary neurogenesis; Primary neurons; Transcription factor; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CELL MARKER; CELL PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEZ PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; NEURAL PLATE; NEUROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 80755135429     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.138     Document Type: Article

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