Xenopus nodal-related gene that acts in synergy with noggin to induce complete secondary axis and notochord formation

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3275-3282

  Lustig, K D ^a   Kroll, K ^a   Sun, E ^a   Ramos, R ^a   Elmendorf, H ^a   Kirschner, M W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Left right asymmetry; Neural induction; Nodal; Noggin; Notochord formation; Spemann organizer; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; NOTOCHORD; PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029809261     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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