Brachyury is a target gene of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 249-258

  Arnold, Sebastian J ^a   Stappert, Jörg ^a   Bauer, Andreas ^a   Kispert, Andreas ^a   Herrmann, Bernhard G ^a   Kemler, Rolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Embryonic stem cells; Mesoderm formation; Mouse embryonic development; Wnt catenin signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TARGETING; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033994197     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00309-3     Document Type: Article

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