Head induction by simultaneous repression of Bmp and Wnt signalling in Xenopus

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6650, 1997, Pages 517-519

  Glinka, Andrei ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Onichtchouk, Darya ^a   Blumenstock, Claudia ^a   Niehrs, Christof ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; HEAD; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0030866798     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39092     Document Type: Article

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