A β-catenin/XTcf-3 complex binds to the siamois promoter to regulate dorsal axis specification in Xenopus

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2359-2370

  Brannon, Mark ^a   Gomperts, Miranda ^a   Sumoy, Lauro ^a   Moon, Randall T ^a   Kimelman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsoventral patterning; HMG box; Homeobox; Lef Tcf; Siamois; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030930442     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.18.2359     Document Type: Article

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