Basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors in evolution: Roles in development of mesoderm and neural tissues

Genesis

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Gyoja, Fuki ^a,b  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evo Devo; genome; metaoza; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BILATERIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MESODERM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PLACOZOA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SPONGE (PORIFERA); CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 85029674818     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23051     Document Type: Review

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