A gradient of BMP activity specifies dorsal-ventral fates in early Xenopus embryos

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-326

  Dale, Leslie ^a   Wardle, Fiona C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

BMP 4; Chordin; Mesoderm; Noggin; Tld; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CARRIER PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; NOGGIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS PROTEIN; XOLLOID PROTEIN, XENOPUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DIFFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DIFFUSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0033142583     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1999.0308     Document Type: Article

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