Mesoderm and endoderm differentiation in animal cap explants: Identification of the HNF4-binding site as an activin A responsive element in the Xenopus HNFIα promoter

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1975-1984

  Weber, Heike ^a   Holewa, Beatrix ^a   Jones, Elizabeth A ^a   Ryffel, Gerhart U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin A; Animal cap; Endoderm; HNF4; Mesoderm inducing factors; Pronephros; Retinoic acid; Tissue specific transcription; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; LUCIFERASE; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLASTULA; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPLANT; GALLBLADDER; GENE ACTIVATION; INTESTINE; KIDNEY TUBULE; LIVER; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; XENOPUS; ZYGOTE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; GALLBLADDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1-BETA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; INHIBINS; KIDNEY; LARVA; LIVER; MESODERM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029941883     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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