Analysis of competence and of Brachyury autoinduction by use of hormone-inducible Xbra

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2225-2234

  Tada, M ^a   O'Reilly, M A J ^a   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Competence; FGF; Mesoderm; Steroid receptor; Target gene; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE FUNCTION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; FETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MESODERM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030795826     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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