Activin-induced factors maintain goosecoid transcription through a paired homeodomain binding site

Developmental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 172-186

  McKendry, Roslyn ^a   Harland, Richard M ^a   Stachel, Scott E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Dorsal mesoderm; Regulation; Transcription; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0032387818     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9065     Document Type: Article

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