A Xenopus type I activin receptor mediates mesodermal but not neural specification during embryogenesis

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 827-837

  Chang, Chenbei ^a   Wilson, Paul A ^a   Mathews, Lawrence S ^b   Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; BMP4; Mesoderm induction; Neural induction; TGF ; Type I activin receptor; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031027637     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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