Neural crest induction in Xenopus: Evidence for a two-signal model

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2403-2414

  LaBonne, Carole ^a   Bronner Fraser, Marianne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Chordin; FGF; Molecular interaction; Neural crest; Slug; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; MESODERM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL CREST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0031901224     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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