The forkhead transcription factor FoxB1 regulates the dorsal-ventral and anterior-posterior patterning of the ectoderm during early Xenopus embryogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 360, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-29

  Takebayashi Suzuki, Kimiko ^a   Kitayama, Atsushi ^b   Terasaka Iioka, Chie ^b   Ueno, Naoto ^b,c   Suzuki, Atsushi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axis formation; BMP; FGF; Fox transcription factor; Wnt; Xenopus embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DKK PROTEIN; EN2 PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; HISTONE; HOX PROTEIN; HOXB9 PROTEIN; HOXC6 PROTEIN; KERATIN; KROX20 PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RX2A PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXB1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXB2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OCT 25; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT 8 PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; XAG1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DKK GENE; DORSAL VENTRAL AXIS; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EN2 GENE; EXPLANT; FGF GENE; FGF3 GENE; FOXB1 GENE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; HOX GENE; HOXB9 GENE; HOXC6 GENE; KROX20 GENE; MARKER GENE; MYOD GENE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OCT 25 GENE; OTX2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RX2A GENE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; UPREGULATION; XAG1 GENE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80755153056     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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