Expression of the organizer specific homeobox gene Goosecoid (gsc) in porcine embryos

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Meijer, H A ^a   Van De Pavert, S A ^a   Stroband, H W J ^a   Boerjan, M L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embryo; Embryonic diversity; Goosecoid; Pig

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE; TROPHOBLAST;

EID: 0033991972     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200001)55:1<1::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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