Nodal expression in the primitive endoderm is required for specification of the anterior axis during mouse gastrulation

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1033-1044

  Varlet, Isabelle ^a   Collignon, Jérôme ^a,b   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimeras; Mouse gastrulation; Nodal; Primitive endoderm

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHIMERA; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GENOTYPE; MICE; PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030932236     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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