Characterization of the Ets-type protein ER81 in Xenopus embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-76

  Chen, Yonglong ^a   Hollemann, Thomas ^b   Grunz, Horst ^a   Pieler, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activin signalling; ER81; Ets protein; Mesoderm induction; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTO ONCOGENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-ETS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TAIL; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032957805     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00194-4     Document Type: Article

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