A Meis family protein caudalizes neural cell fates in Xenopus

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-13

  Salzberg, Adi ^a   Elias, Sarah ^a   Nachaliel, Nira ^a   Bonstein, Lilach ^a   Henig, Clara ^a   Frank, Dale ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior axis; Caudalize; Homothorax; Neural induction; Xenopus laevis; XMeis3

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEIS PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMERE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 2; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032956362     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00187-7     Document Type: Article

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