Pronephric tubule morphogenesis in zebrafish depends on Mnx mediated repression of irx1b within the intermediate mesoderm

Developmental Biology

Volumn 411, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 101-114

  Ott, Elisabeth ^a   Wendik, Björn ^b,d   Srivastava, Monika ^b,c   Pacho, Frederic ^a   Töchterle, Sonja ^a   Salvenmoser, Willi ^a   Meyer, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^d PerkinElmer LAS GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Currarino syndrome; Development; Intermediate mesoderm; Irx1b; Mnx1; Mnx2b; Pronephros; Sacral agenesis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

IRX1B PROTEIN; MNX PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IRX1B PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; MNX2B PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EPITHELIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; IRX1B GENE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MNX GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONEPHRIC TUBULE MORPHOGENESIS; PRONEPHROS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACRUM AGENESIS; SOMITE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; KIDNEY TUBULE; MENINGOCELE; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MENINGOCELE; MESODERM; MODELS, ANIMAL; MORPHOLINOS; ORGANOGENESIS; PRONEPHROS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84959129974     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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