Patterning of the mesoderm involves several threshold responses to BMP-4 and Xwnt-8

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 87, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 33-44

  Marom, Karen ^a   Fainsod, Abraham ^a   Steinbeisser, Herbert ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Gradient; Mesoderm patterning; Myf 5; Sizzled; Xenopus; Xvent 1; Xwnt 8

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DNA; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MESODERM; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0032857540     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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