Concentration-dependent patterning of the Xenopus ectoderm by BMP4 and its signal transducer Smad1

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3177-3184

  Wilson, Paul A ^a   Lagna, Giorgio ^a   Suzuki, Atsushi ^a   Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP4; Ectodermal patterning; Morphogen; Smad; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; MORPHOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GASTRULA; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EPIDERMIS; GASTRULA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030886059     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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