Characterization of the pufferfish Otx2 cis-regulators reveals evolutionarily conserved genetic mechanisms for vertebrate head specification

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-71

  Kimura Yoshida, Chiharu ^a   Kitajima, Kuniko ^a   Oda Ishii, Izumi ^a   Tian, E ^b   Suzuki, Misao ^b   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^c   Suzuki, Tohru ^d   Kobayashi, Makoto ^c   Aizawa, Shinichi ^a   Matsuo, Isao ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cis region; Evolution; Gene regulation; Homeobox; Local signaling center; Otx2; Pufferfish

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; HEAD; HOMEOBOX; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PUFFER FISH; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SENSE ORGAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VERTEBRATE; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEAD; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TAKIFUGU; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MUS MUSCULUS; TAKIFUGU; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE; TRIXIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9144268889     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00877     Document Type: Review

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