A role for xGCNF in midbrain-hindbrain patterning in Xenopus laevis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 170-179

  Song, Kening ^a   Takemaru, Ken Ichi ^a   Moon, Randall T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Engrailed 2; Midbrain hindbrain; Neural induction; Nuclear orphan receptor; Pattern formation; Suppression PCR; xGCNF

Indexed keywords

GERM CELL NUCLEAR FACTOR; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033199077     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9368     Document Type: Article

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