Bix4 is activated directly by VegT and mediates endoderm formation in Xenopus development

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 4193-4200

  Casey, Elena Silva ^a   Tada, Masazumi ^a   Fairclough, Lynne ^a   Wylie, Christopher C ^b   Heasman, Janet ^b   Smith, James C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense depletion analysis; Endoderm; T box; Transgenesis; VegT; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0032736020     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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