Heterogeneity across the dorso-ventral axis in zebrafish EVL is regulated by a novel module consisting of sox, snail1a and max genes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 129, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 13-23

  Chen, Yi Yen ^a,c   Harris, Matthew P ^a,b   Levesque, Mitchell P ^a,d   Nüsslein Volhard, Christiane ^a   Sonawane, Mahendra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GeneTex International Coporation   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Dorsoventral patterning; EVL; Sox; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

MAX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL1ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX11BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX19BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENVELOPING LAYER; EPITHELIUM; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; MAX GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SNAIL1A GENE; SOX11B GENE; SOX19B GENE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861342492     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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