Protochordate Zic genes define primitive somite compartments and highlight molecular changes underlying neural crest evolution
- 5 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Evolution & Development
- Vol. 5 (2) , 136-144
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-142x.2003.03020.x
Abstract
SUMMARY The vertebrate Zic gene family encodes C2H2 zinc finger transcription factors closely related to the Gli proteins. Zic genes are expressed in multiple areas of developing vertebrate embryos, ...Keywords
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