The ETS transcription factor Etv1 mediates FGF signaling to initiate proneural gene expression during Xenopus laevis retinal development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-67

  Willardsen, Minde ^a   Hutcheson, David A ^a   Moore, Kathryn B ^a   Vetter, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ETS; Etv1; FGF; Neurogenesis; Retina development

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ATOH7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ER81; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ETS; ETV1; FGF; NEUROGENESIS; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84892367190     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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