Function of zebrafish β-catenin and tcf-3 in dorsoventral patterning

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-74

  Pelegri, Francisco ^a   Maischein, Hans Martin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catenin; Axis induction; Dorsoventral patterning; Nieuwkoop center; Spemann organizer; Tcf 3; Wnt pathway; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; BODY PATTERNING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; HMGB PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032170776     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00132-4     Document Type: Article

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