A POU protein regulates mesodermal competence to FGF in Xenopus

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 131-142

  Henig, Clara ^a   Elias, Sarah ^a   Frank, Dale ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Animal caps; Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF); Competence; Mesoderm induction; XBra expression; Xenopus laevis; XLPOU91

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXIS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032008028     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00006-9     Document Type: Article

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