Crescent, a novel chick gene encoding a Frizzled-like cysteine-rich domain, is expressed in anterior regions during early embryogenesis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 449-458

  Pfeffer, Peter L ^a,c   De Robertis, Eddy M ^b   Izpisua Belmonte, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crescent; Cysteine Rich Domain; Early chick development; Endoderm; Frizzled; Hypoblast; Primordial germ cells

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHICK EMBRYO; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDODERM; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030749589     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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