Inhibitory patterning of the anterior neural plate in Xenopus by homeodomain factors D1x3 and Msx1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 455-464

  Feledy, Jules A ^a   Beanan, Maureen J ^a   Sandoval, John J ^a   Goodrich, Jennifer S ^a   Lim, Jae H ^a   Matsuo Takasaki, Mami ^a   Sato, Sheryl M ^a   Sargent, Thomas D ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antineural patterning; D1x3; Msx1; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033566607     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9374     Document Type: Article

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