Temporal restriction of MyoD induction and autocatalysis during Xenopus mesoderm formation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 280-292

  Steinbach, Oliver C ^a   Ulshöfer, Anita ^a   Authaler, Agathe ^a   Rupp, Ralph A W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER LABORATORY OF THE MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOD PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE INDUCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032531776     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8993     Document Type: Article

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