Asymmetric and node-specific nodal expression patterns are controlled by two distinct cis-acting regulatory elements

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1575-1588

  Norris, Dominic P ^a   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Left right asymmetry; Mouse development; Nodal; TGF signaling

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033564874     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.12.1575     Document Type: Article

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