Molecular cloning of the Xenopus c-met/hepatocyte growth factor receptor and its regional expression during early development

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 961-968

  Aoki, Shunsuke ^a   Takahashi, Kuniaki ^a,b   Matsumoto, Kunio ^a   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

Author keywords

C met; Embryogenesis; Epithelial mesenchymal interaction; Hepatocyte growth factor; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SCATTER FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029843879     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021513     Document Type: Article

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