Mitf is a transcriptional activator of medaka germ genes in culture

Biochimie

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 759-767

  Zhao, Haobin ^a,b   Li, Mingyou ^a   Purwanti, Yovita Ida ^a   Liu, Rong ^a   Chen, Tiansheng ^a   Li, Zhendong ^a   Hong, Ni ^a   Guan, Guijun ^c   Yin, Ao ^a   Xiao, Ling ^a   Ge, Ruowen ^a   Song, Jianxing ^a   Hong, Yunhan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dazl; dead end; Germ gene transcription; mitf; vasa

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; FISH PROTEIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN DAZL; PROTEIN DND; PROTEIN VASA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E BOX ELEMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; FISH GENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GERM CELL; GONAD; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; FISH PROTEINS; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ORYZIAS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE;

EID: 84857049196     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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