A truncated FGF receptor blocks neural induction by endogenous Xenopus inducers

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 869-880

  Launay, Catherine ^a   Fromentoux, Valérie ^a   Shi, De Li ^a   Boucaut, Jean Claude ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

FGf signalling; Neural induction; Noggin; Organizer; Truncated FGF receptor; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INDUCTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0029928268     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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