Induction of the mesendoderm in the zebrafish germ ring by yolk cell-derived TGF-β family signals and discrimination of mesoderm and endoderm by FGF

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3067-3078

  Rodaway, Adam ^a   Takeda, Hiroyuki ^b,d   Koshida, Sumito ^b   Broadbent, Joanne ^a   Price, Brenda ^c   Smith, James C ^c   Patient, Roger ^a   Holder, Nigel ^a,e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin; Cyclops; GATA transcription factors; GATA 5; Gut development; Heart; No tail; Nodal; Squint; TGF

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTODERM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENDODERM; FETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULA; GATA5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HEART; INHIBINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIUM; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TAIL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CYCLOPS; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032784609     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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