eFGF, Xcad3 and Hox genes form a molecular pathway that establishes the anteroposterior axis in Xenopus

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3881-3892

  Pownall, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Tucker, Abigail S ^b   Slack, Jonathan M W ^a   Isaacs, Harry V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior specification; Caudal; cdx; Fibroblast growth factor; Hox genes; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030478779     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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