Dynamic patterns of gene expression in the developing pronephros of Xenopus laevis

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 199-207

  Carroll, Thomas J ^a   Wallingford, John B ^a   Vize, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Lim 1; Patterning; Pax 2; Pronephros; Wnt4; WT 1; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, WILMS TUMOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GLOMUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032900504     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1999)24:3/4<199::AID-DVG3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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