XSmad2 directly activates the activin-inducible, dorsal mesoderm gene XFKH1 in Xenopus embryos

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7411-7421

  Howell, Michael ^a   Hill, Caroline S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE INDUCTION; INTRON; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GLOBINS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; INHIBINS; INTRONS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0031463308     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7411     Document Type: Article

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