Mode of action of VegT in mesoderm and endoderm formation

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4903-4911

  Clements, Debbie ^a   Friday, Rosalind V ^a   Woodland, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoderm; Mesoderm induction; TGF ; VegT; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENDODERM; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MESODERM; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032708504     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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