Microarray identification of novel genes downstream of Six1, a critical factor in cranial placode, somite, and kidney development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 181-210

  Yan, Bo ^a,c   Neilson, Karen M ^a   Ranganathan, Ramya ^b   Maynard, Thomas ^a   Streit, Andrea ^b   Moody, Sally A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JINING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BOR syndrome; BOS syndrome; Cranial ganglia; Olfactory; Otocyst; Pan placodal region; Preplacodal ectoderm

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE ANCHORING PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1BETA; METALLOTHIONEIN; NEUROMODULIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; SEMAPHORIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SIX1 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRANCHIO OTIC SYNDROME; CHICK; CRANIAL SENSORY PLACODE; DEVELOPMENT; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EXPLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MESODERM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLE PLAYING; SOMITE; UPREGULATION; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KIDNEY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKULL; SOMITES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84924960215     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24229     Document Type: Article

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