Evidence for non-axial A/P patterning in the nonneural ectoderm of Xenopus and zebrafish pregastrula embryos

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 763-774

  Read, E Mary ^a   Rodaway, Adam R F ^a   Neave, Byron ^a,b   Brandon, Nick ^a,c   Holder, Nigel ^a,c   Patient, Roger K ^a   Walmsley, Maggie E ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A P patterning; FGF; GATA factors; Nonneural ectoderm; Wnt; Xenopus; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULA; GATA2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031668211     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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