XBMP-1B (Xtld), a Xenopus homolog of dorso-ventral polarity gene in Drosophila, modifies tissue phenotypes of ventral explants

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Lin, Jih Jing ^a   Maeda, Ryu ^c   Ong, Rosa C ^a   Kim, Jaebong ^a   Lee, Leo M ^b   Kung, Hsiang Fu ^a   Maéno, Mitsugu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bone morphogenetic protein 1; dorso ventral axis; tolloid; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; METALLOPROTEINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESENCHYME; MESODERM; MORULA; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030896852     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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