Xenopus cadherins: Sorting out types and functions in embryogenesis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 207, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-134

  Kühl, Michael ^a   Wedlich, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Cadherin; Catenin; Cell movement; Community effect; wnt Signalling

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CATENIN;

BLASTULA; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; CELL SELECTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0029851533     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199610)207:2<121::AID-AJA1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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