Mutant Vg1 ligands disrupt endoderm and mesoderm formation in Xenopus embryos

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2677-2685

  Joseph, Elaine M ^a   Melton, Douglas A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic inducer; Endoderm; Mesoderm; Mutant ligand; Signaling; Vg1; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGANDS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031874811     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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