Transcription factors and induction in Xenopus laevis embryos

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 362-381

  Knochel W ^a   Kaufmann, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; Growth factors; Mesoderm induction; Pattern formation; Specific transription factors; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; LIGAND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BLASTODERM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM LAYER; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MESODERM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZINC FINGERS;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030876144     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000612     Document Type: Review

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