Regulation of dorsal gene expression in Xenopus by the ventralizing homeodomain gene Vox

Developmental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-305

  Melby, Anna E ^a   Clements, Wilson K ^a   Kimelman, David ^a  

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

Author keywords

BMP 4; Chordin; Homeodomain; Repressor; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033566146     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9296     Document Type: Article

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