Functions for Drosophila brachyenteron and forkhead in mesoderm specification and cell signalling

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 3991-4003

  Kusch, Thomas ^a   Reuter, Rolf ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachyenteron; Brachyury; Byn; Cell migration; Fork head; Heart development; Midgut; T domain; Trg; Visceral mesoderm; Zfh 1

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MIDGUT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; SURFACE PROPERTY; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MESODERM; MUSCLE FIBERS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VISCERA; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYENTERON; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032841606     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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