Anteroposterior patterning and organogenesis of Xenopus laevis require a correct dose of germ cell nuclear factor (xGCNF)

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 137-152

  David, Robert ^a   Joos, Thomas O ^a   Dreyer, Christine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dominant negative receptor; Germ cell nuclear factor; Germ cell nuclear factor overexpression; Nuclear orphan receptor; Organogenesis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, MYC; HEAD; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOMITES; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032446784     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00181-6     Document Type: Article

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