Calponin modulates the exclusion of Otx-expressing cells from convergence extension movements

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 404-408

  Morgan, Richard ^a,b   Hooiveld, Michiel H W ^a   Pannese, Maria ^c   Dati, Gabriele ^c   Broders, Florence ^d   Delarue, Michel ^e   Thiery, Jean Paul ^d   Boncinelli, Edoardo ^c   Durston, Antony J ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^e Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPONIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; OTX2 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN PROCESSING; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY PATTERNING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0033224188     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/15635     Document Type: Article

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