Expression of T protein in the primitive streak is necessary and sufficient for posterior mesoderm movement and somite differentiation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-58

  Wilson, Valerie ^a   Beddington, Rosa ^b  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimera; Mesoderm; Somitogenesis; T (Brachyury); TIT ES cells

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLYCINE CLEAVAGE SYSTEM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE; STEM CELL;

EID: 0031442586     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8701     Document Type: Article

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