Bix1, a direct target of Xenopus T-box genes, causes formation of ventral mesoderm and endoderm

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3997-4006

  Tada, M ^a   Casey, E S ^a   Fairclough, L ^a   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin; Brachyury; Endoderm; Mesoderm; T box gene; Target gene; Vegt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HOMEOBOX; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COS CELLS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENDODERM; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS BRACHYURY;

EID: 0031736991     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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