Mespo: A novel basic helix-loop-helix gene expressed in the presomitic mesoderm and posterior tailbud of Xenopus embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 191-194

  Joseph, Elaine M ^a   Cassetta, Luigi A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix transcription factor; Paraxial mesoderm; Segmentation; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE ISOLATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TAIL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0033015917     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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