Direct neural induction and selective inhibition of mesoderm and epidermis inducers by Xnr3

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 483-492

  Hansen, Carin S ^a   Marion, Christopher D ^a   Steele, Kirsten ^a   George, Sean ^a   Smith, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Epidermis; Mesoderm; Neural induction; Xenopus; Xnr3

Indexed keywords

OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; EXPLANT; GASTRULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031048344     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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