Differential regulation of mouse and human nephron progenitors by the six family of transcriptional regulators

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 595-608

  O’Brien, Lori L ^a   Guo, Qiuyu ^a   Lee, YoungJin ^a,b   Tran, Tracy ^a   Benazet, Jean Denis ^a,c   Whitney, Peter H ^a   Valouev, Anton ^a   McMahon, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Kangseo Mizmedi Hospital   (South Korea)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nephrogenesis; Nephron; Regulatory network; Six1 2; Transcription

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SIX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SIX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SIX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEPHRONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84958280674     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.127175     Document Type: Article

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