Hox regulatory network of hindbrain segmentation is conserved to the base of vertebrates

Nature

Volumn 514, Issue 7253, 2014, Pages 490-493

  Parker, Hugo J ^a   Bronner, Marianne E ^b   Krumlauf, Robb ^a,c  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BRAIN; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; SEGMENTATION;

ARTICLE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HOX GENE; LAMPREY; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

AGNATHA; DANIO RERIO; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); PETROMYZON MARINUS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; LAMPREYS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84921828165     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13723     Document Type: Article

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