Left-right asymmetry of a nodal-related gene is regulated by dorsoanterior midline structures during Xenopus development

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1465-1472

  Lohr, Jamie L ^a   Danos, Maria C ^b   Yost, H Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart situs; Left right asymmetry; Nodal; Notochord; Xenopus; Xnr 1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030907502     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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