Gene expression screening in Xenopus identifies molecular pathways, predicts gene function and provides a global view of embryonic patterning

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-141

  Gawantka, Volker ^a   Pollet, Nicolas ^a   Delius, Hajo ^a   Vingron, Martin ^a   Pfister, Ralf ^a   Nitsch, Rebecca ^a   Blumenstock, Claudia ^a   Niehrs, Christof ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Bmp4; cDNA sequencing; Chromatin; Database; Delta; Developmental biology; Differentiation; Early development; Ectoderm; Embryology; Endoderm; Endoplasmic reticulum; Epidermis; Expressed sequence tags; Expression profiles; Functional genomics; Gastrula; Gastrulation; Gene expression; Genome; In situ hybridization; Mesoderm; Mitochondria; Neurula; Partial cDNA sequencing; Pattern formation; Regionalization; Screening; Synexpression; Tailbud; Tissue relatedness; Transcriptional regulation; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENDODERM; EPIDERMIS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; TAIL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031727693     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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