Xsox17α and -β mediate endoderm formation in xenopus

Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-405

  Hudson, Clare ^a   Clements, Debbie ^a   Friday, Rosalind V ^a   Stott, David ^a   Woodland, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; ACTIVIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH PROMOTOR; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; INHIBIN; PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XSOX17 ALPHA PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XSOX17 BETA PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XSOX17-ALPHA PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XSOX17-BETA PROTEIN, XENOPUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; INHIBINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0030613759     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80423-7     Document Type: Article

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