DNA-binding specificity and embryological function of Xom (Xvent-2)

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 442-456

  Trindade, M ^a   Tada, M ^a   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033572526     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9507     Document Type: Article

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