Sub-circuits of a gene regulatory network control a developmental epithelial-mesenchymal transition

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1503-1513

  Saunders, Lindsay R ^a   McClay, David R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Gene regulatory network; Sea urchin; Snail; Twist

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DRI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETV6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXN2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TGIF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEA URCHIN; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; SEA URCHIN; SNAIL; TWIST;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LYTECHINUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84896302113     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.101436     Document Type: Article

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