Dissection of a Krox20 positive feedback loop driving cell fate choices in hindbrain patterning

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bouchoucha, Yassine X ^a,b,c   Reingruber, Jürgen ^a,b,c,d   Labalette, Charlotte ^a,b,c   Wassef, Michel A ^a,b,c   Thierion, Elodie ^a,b,c   Desmarquet Trin Dinh, Carole ^a,b,c   Holcman, David ^a,b,c,d   Gilardi Hebenstreit, Pascale ^a,b,c   Charnay, Patrick ^a,b,c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR KROX20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; EGR1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOREGULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEUROMERE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR GENE; STRENGTH; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; STATISTICS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DANIO RERIO; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 2; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84884965496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2013.46     Document Type: Article

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