Xenopus Zic-related-1 and Sox-2, two factors induced by chordin, have distinct activities in the initiation of neural induction

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-587

  Mizuseki, Kenji ^a   Kishi, Masashi ^a   Matsui, Masaru ^a   Nakanishi, Shigetada ^a   Sasai, Yoshiki ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Chordin; Downstream signals; Neural induction; Odd paired; Sox; Zic

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GROWTH CURVE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HMGB PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; ZINC FINGERS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031909463     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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