A novel Xenopus Mix-like gene milk involved in the control of the endomesodermal fates

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2577-2585

  Ecochard, V ^a,b   Cayrol, C ^a   Rey, S ^a   Foulquier, F ^a   Caillol, D ^b   Lemaire, P ^b   Duprat, A M ^a  

^a Centre de Biologie du Developpement Toulouse   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Milk, mix related, mesoderm, endoderm, gastrulation, subtracted library; Xenopus, homeobox

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EARLY RESPONSE GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; MESODERM; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031876477     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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