RFX2 is broadly required for ciliogenesis during vertebrate development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-165

  Chung, Mei I ^a   Peyrot, Sara M ^a,b   LeBoeuf, Sarah ^a   Park, Tae Joo ^a,c   McGary, Kriston L ^a,d   Marcotte, Edward M ^a   Wallingford, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cilia; Ciliogenesis; Multi ciliated cells; Rfx; Rfx2; TTC25

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; ARL13B PROTEIN; DAF 19 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FRITZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RFX1 PROTEIN; RFX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RFX3 PROTEIN; RFX4 PROTEIN; RFX5 PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CILIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPIDERMAL MULTICILIATED CELL; EPIDERMIS; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GASTROCOEL ROOF PLATE; GASTRULA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KIDNEY; LEFTY GENE; MARKER GENE; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULA STAGE; NKX2.2 GENE; NONHUMAN; OTIC VESICLE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PITX2C GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RFX1 GENE; RFX2 GENE; RFX3 GENE; RFX4 GENE; RFX5 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TTC25 GENE; VAX1 GENE; VERTEBRATE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857033077     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.12.029     Document Type: Article

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