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The ZIC gene family encodes multi-functional proteins essential for patterning and morphogenesis

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Authors

Houtmeyers, Rob

Souopgui, Jacob

Tejpar, Sabine

Arkell, Ruth

Publisher

Birkhauser Verlag

Abstract

The zinc finger of the cerebellum gene (ZIC) discovered in Drosophila melanogaster (odd-paired) has five homologs in Xenopus, chicken, mice, and humans, and seven in zebrafish. This pattern of gene copy expansion is accompanied by a divergence in gene and

Keywords

Keywords: unclassified drug; zinc finger of the cerebellum protein; developmental gene; Drosophila; gastrulation; gene cluster; gene expression; gene function; gene mutation; genetic code; genetic transcription; morphogenesis; nonhuman; organogenesis; protein bindi Mouse; Neural development; Neurological disorders; Transcription; Xenopus; Zic genes

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65873

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s00018-013-1285-5

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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