Bozozok and squint act in parallel to specify dorsal mesoderm and anterior neuroectoderm in zebrafish

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2583-2592

  Sirotkin, Howard I ^a   Dougan, Scott T ^a   Schier, Alexander F ^b   Talbot, William S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bozozok; Cyclops; Dorsal mesoderm; Neural pattern; Nodal; Squint; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MUTANT; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIUM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YOLK SAC; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0033933134     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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