BMP, wnt and FGF signals are integrated through evolutionarily conserved enhancers to achieve robust expression of Pax3 and Zic genes at the zebrafish neural plate border

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 4220-4231

  Garnett, Aaron T ^a   Square, Tyler A ^a   Medeiros, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhancer; FGF; Neural crest; Pax3; Wnt; Zic3

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEAT SHOCK; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRA FISH; ZIC3 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL PLATE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84867876652     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.081497     Document Type: Article

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