The ALK-2 and ALK-4 activin receptors transduce distinct mesoderm-inducing signals during early Xenopus development but do not co-operate to establish thresholds

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 3797-3804

  Armes, N A ^a   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin; Activin receptors; Thresholds; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE; MESODERM; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030785446     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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