The Xvent-2 homeobox gene is part of the BMP-4 signalling pathway controling dorsoventral patterning of Xenopus mesoderm

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3045-3053

  Onichtchouk, Darya ^a   Gawantka, Volker ^a   Dosch, Roland ^a   Delius, Hajo ^a   Hirschfeld, Kirsten ^a   Blumenstock, Claudia ^a   Niehrs, Christof ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Goosecoid; Homeobox; Mesoderm; Organizer; Xenopus; Xvent 2

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOTOCHORD; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029843358     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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