Analysis of the developing xenopus tail bud reveals separate phases of gene expression during determination and outgrowth

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-52

  Beck, C W ^a   Slack, J M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Exogastrula; Lunatic fringe; NMC model; Sonic hedgehog; Tail bud; X serrate 1; X delta 1; X delta 2; X Notch 1; Xbra; Xcad3; Xenopus; Xhox3; Xlim1; Xnot2; Xpo; Xwnt3a; Xwnt5a

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NERVE GROWTH; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032033028     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00015-X     Document Type: Article

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