Interference with Brachyury function inhibits convergent extension, causes apoptosis, and reveals separate requirements in the FGF and activin signalling pathways

Developmental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-100

  Conlon, Frank L ^a   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE FUNCTION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033198387     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9330     Document Type: Article

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