BMP-2/-4 and Wnt-8 cooperatively pattern the Xenopus mesoderm

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 119-129

  Hoppler, Stefan ^a   Moon, Randall T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP 2 4; Wnt 8; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXIS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; NOTOCHORD; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032007402     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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