Xenopus eomesodermin is expressed in neural differentiation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 155-158

  Ryan, Kenneth ^a,b   Butler, Karen ^a,b   Bellefroid, Eric ^a,b   Gurdon, J B ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dience phalon; Eomesodermin; Forebrain; Neural; Olfactory; Placodes; T box genes; Telencephalon; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURAL CREST; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; TELENCEPHALON; XENOPUS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032123571     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00084-7     Document Type: Article

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