In silico and in vivo identification of the intermediate filament vimentin that is downregulated downstream of Brachyury during Xenopus embryogenesis

Gene

Volumn 491, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 232-236

  Yamada, Atsuko ^a   Koyanagi, Kanako O ^a   Watanabe, Hidemi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell movement; Clawed frog; T site; T brachyury; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

AMINOMETHYLTRANSFERASE; BRACHYURY; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CYTOSKELETON; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; VIMENTIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 81455158378     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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