Activation of Siamois by the Wnt pathway

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 344-347

  Brannon, Mark ^a   Kimelman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NIEUWKOOP ORGANIZER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030601956     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0306     Document Type: Article

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