Structural and functional analysis of the BMP-4 promoter in early embryos of Xenopus laevis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 29-39

  Metz, Annette ^a   Knöchel, Sigrun ^a   Büchler, Peter ^a   Köster, Manfred ^a   Knöchel, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auto regulatory loop; BMP 4 gene; Chordin; Promoter; X. laevis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORDIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BLASTULA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EXON; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTRULA; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTULA; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EXONS; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES; GLYCOPROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRONS; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0032104518     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00059-8     Document Type: Article

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