Maintenance of asymmetric nodal expression in Xenopus laevis

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 194-202

  Lohr, Jamie L ^a,b   Danos, Maria C ^b   Groth, Travis W ^a   Yost, H Joseph ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac development; Left right asymmetry; Nodal; TGF signaling; Xnr 1

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEART; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; MICE; NOTOCHORD; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0031774318     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)23:3<194::AID-DVG5>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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