Evolutionary conservation of mechanisms upstream of asymmetric nodal expression: Reconciling chick and Xenopus

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-193

  Levin, Michael ^a   Mercola, Mark ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Left right asymmetry; Nodal, regulation; Notochord; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE REGENERATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NOTOCHORD; PROTEINS; REGENERATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031792764     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)23:3<185::AID-DVG4>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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