The ZIC gene family encodes multi-functional proteins essential for patterning and morphogenesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 3791-3811

  Houtmeyers, Rob ^a   Souopgui, Jacob ^c   Tejpar, Sabine ^a   Arkell, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mouse; Neural development; Neurological disorders; Transcription; Xenopus; Zic genes

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER OF THE CEREBELLUM PROTEIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DROSOPHILA; GASTRULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS; ZIC GENE; ZIC1 GENE; ZIC2 GENE; ZIC3 GENE; ZIC4 GENE; ZIC5 GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAL CREST; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

DANIO RERIO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 84884904583     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1285-5     Document Type: Review

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