Xmsx-1 modifies mesodermal tissue pattern along dorsoventral axis in Xenopus laevis embryo

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 2553-2560

  Maeda, Ryu ^a   Kobayashi, Ako ^a   Sekine, Ryo ^a   Lin, Jih Jing ^b   Kung, Hsiang Fu ^b   Maéno, Mitsugu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Dorsalisation; Dorsoventral axis; Mesoderm; Ventralisation; Xenopus; Xmsx 1 RNA

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA GLOBIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MICROCEPHALY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; GASTRULA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; MSX1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030878045     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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