Wilms' tumor suppressor gene is involved in the development of disparate kidney forms: Evidence from expression in the Xenopus pronephros

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Carroll, Thomas J ^a   Vize, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomus; Kidney; Organogenesis; Pronephros

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WT1 PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029999249     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199606)206:2<131::AID-AJA2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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