Nested expression and sequential downregulation of the Xenopus caudal genes along the anterior-posterior axis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 193-196

  Pillemer, Graciela ^a   Epstein, Michal ^a   Blumberg, Bruce ^b   Yisraeli, Joel K ^a   De Robertis, Eddy M ^b   Steinbeisser, Herbert ^c   Fainsod, Abraham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior posterior axis; Caudal genes; Gastrula; Gene regulation; Homeobox genes; Pattern formation; Xcad 3; Xcad 1; Xcad 2

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FROG; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; AXIS; BODY PATTERNING; DOWN-REGULATION; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANURA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032007726     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00193-7     Document Type: Article

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