The Notch ligand, X-delta-2, mediates segmentation of the paraxial mesoderm in Xenopus embryos

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1169-1178

  Jen, Wui Chuong ^a,b   Wettstein, Daniel ^a   Turner, David ^c,d   Chitnis, Ajay ^a,e   Kintner, Chris ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta; Segmentation; Somites; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESODERM; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030938788     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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