The Xvex-1 antimorph reveals the temporal competence for organizer formation and an early role for ventral homeobox genes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-87

  Shapira, Eli ^a   Marom, Karen ^a   Levy, Vered ^a   Yelin, Ronit ^a   Fainsod, Abraham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Competence; gsc; siamois; Spemann's organizer; Target genes; Xenopus; Xvent; Xvex 1

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; COMPETENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0033990951     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00283-X     Document Type: Article

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