Brainiac encodes a novel, putative secreted protein that cooperates with Grk TGFα in the genesis of the follicular epithelium

Developmental Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-50

  Goode, Scott ^a,b   Morgan, Margaret ^a   Liang, Yuan Ping ^a   Mahowald, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0030601342     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0196     Document Type: Article

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