Development of chick axial mesoderm: Specification of prechordal mesoderm by anterior endoderm-derived TGFβ family signalling

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 2795-2809

  Vesque, Christine ^b,c   Ellis, Simon ^a,c   Lee, Anne ^a   Szabo, Marika ^a   Thomas, Paul ^c,d   Beddington, Rosa ^c   Placzek, Marysia ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activin; Anterior endoderm; BMP; Chick; Hypoblast; Notochord; Prechordal mesoderm

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDODERM; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GLYCOPROTEINS; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MESODERM; NOTOCHORD; QUAIL; RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033931849     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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