Xom: A Xenopus homeobox gene that mediates the early effects of BMP-4

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2385-2394

  Ladher, R ^a   Mohun, T J ^a   Smith, J C ^a   Snape, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin; BMP 4; Homeobox; Xenopus; Xom

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029813601     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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