The t-box gene family: Emerging roles in development, Stem cells and cancer

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3819-3833

  Papaioannou, Virginia E ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

T box genes; Tbx; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; GENE FUNCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HUMANS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; NEOPLASMS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STEM CELLS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84908110198     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.104471     Document Type: Article

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