Mesendoderm specification depends on the function of Pou2, the class V POU-type transcription factor, during zebrafish embryogenesis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 686-701

  Khan, Alam ^a   Nakamoto, Andrew ^a   Tai, Miyako ^a   Saito, Shinji ^a   Nakayama, Yukiko ^a   Kawamura, Akinori ^a   Takeda, Hiroyuki ^b   Yamasu, Kyo ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Class V POU transcription factor; Mesendoderm specification; Oct 3 4; Pou2; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; TAIL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BLASTULA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; MESODERM; MICE; MUTATION; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-3; ORGANOGENESIS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866624996     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2012.01369.x     Document Type: Article

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