Differential expression of VegT and Antipodean protein isoforms in Xenopus

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 87-98

  Stennard, Fiona ^a,b   Zorn, Aaron M ^a,b   Ryan, Kenneth ^a,b   Garrett, Nigel ^a,b   Gurdon, J B ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative mRNA splicing; Antibody; Antipodean; Brat; Endoderm; Eomesodermin; Mesoderm; T box, protein; VegT; Xbrachyury; Xenopus; Xombi

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LAYER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BASE SEQUENCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; INHIBINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0032771697     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00119-7     Document Type: Article

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