Expression of a dominant-negative wnt blocks induction of MyoD in Xenopus embryos

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2805-2817

  Hoppler, Stephan ^a   Brown, Jeffrey D ^a   Moon, Randall T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoderm; muscle; MyoD; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029844213     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.21.2805     Document Type: Article

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