An essential and highly conserved role for Zic3 in left-right patterning, gastrulation and convergent extension morphogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 364, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-31

  Cast, Ashley E ^a   Gao, Chunlei ^b   Amack, Jeffrey D ^b   Ware, Stephanie M ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Cardiovascular malformation; Convergent extension; Heterotaxy; Left right patterning

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN ZIC3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE SILENCING; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84857505835     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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