Geminin, a neuralizing molecule that demarcates the future neural plate at the onset of gastrulation

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 3247-3258

  Kroll, Kristen L ^a   Salic, Adrian N ^a   Evans, Louise M ^a   Kirschner, Marc W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP4; Gastrulation; geminin; Neurogenesis; neurogenin related 1; Patterning; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECTODERM; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031667846     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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