Xvent-1 mediates BMP-4-induced suppression of the dorsal-lip-specific early response gene XFD-1' in Xenopus embryos

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2298-2307

  Friedle, Henner ^a   Rastegar, Sepand ^a   Paul, Hubert ^a   Kaufmann, Eckhard ^a   Knöchel, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMP 4 signalling; Mesoderm; Spemann organizer; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY RESPONSE GENE; EMBRYO; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SMAD PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032522720     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.8.2298     Document Type: Article

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