DNA sequences mediating the transcriptional response of the Mix.2 homeobox gene to mesoderm induction

Developmental Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 226-231

  Vize, Peter D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOHEXIMIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GENE; HOMEOBOX; MARKER GENE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030578399     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0158     Document Type: Article

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