β-catenin translocation into nuclei demarcates the dorsalizing centers in frog and fish embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-198

  Schneider, Stephan ^a   Steinbeisser, Herbert ^a   Warga, Rachel M ^a   Hausen, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical rotation; Dorsalization; Nieuwkoop center; Nuclear localization; wnt signaling; Xenopus; Zebrafish; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0030199669     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(96)00546-1     Document Type: Article

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