Comparative analysis of embryonic gene expression defines potential interaction sites for Xenopus Ephb4 receptors with ephrin-B ligands

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 216, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 361-373

  Helbling, Paul M ^a   Saulnier, Didier M E ^a   Robinson, Vicky ^b   Christiansen, Jeff H ^b   Wilkinson, David G ^b   Brändli, André W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; EphB4 receptor tyrosine kinase; Ephrin B1, ephrin B2; Ephrin B3; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032757420     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0177(199912)216:4/5<361::aid-dvdy5>3.0.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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