Xenopus Nkx6.1 and Nkx6.2 are required for mid-hindbrain boundary development

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 253-259

  Ma, Pengcheng ^a,b   Xia, Yingjie ^a,b   Ma, Li ^a   Zhao, Shuhua ^c   Mao, Bingyu ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Yunnan Population and Family Planning Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

mid hindbrain boundary; nkx6.1; nkx6.2; wnt1; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DNGSK3BETA GENE; EMBRYO; EN2 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MESENCEPHALON; MID HINDBRAIN BOUNDARY DEVELOPMENT; NKX6.1 GENE; NKX6.2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; WNT1 GENE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOLINOS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT1 PROTEIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84879553711     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-013-0437-9     Document Type: Article

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