Precocious expression of the Wilms' tumor gene xWT1 inhibits embryonic kidney development in Xenopus laevis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 103-112

  Wallingford, John B ^a   Carroll, Thomas J ^a   Vize, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomus; Organogenesis; Pronephric tubules; Pronephros; WT1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; GLOMUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032189346     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8989     Document Type: Article

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