A role for the homeobox gene Xvex-1 as part of the BMP-4 ventral signaling pathway

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 99-111

  Shapira, Eli ^a   Marom, Karen ^a   Yelin, Ronit ^a   Levy, Ariella ^a   Fainsod, Abraham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Gastrulation; Homeobox; Mesodermal patterning; Ventral signal; Xenopus; Xvent; Xvex 1

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRULATION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, ANTISENSE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0032788803     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00120-3     Document Type: Article

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