The ActR-I activin receptor protein is expressed in notochord, lens placode and pituitary primordium cells in the mouse embryo

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 439-444

  Yoshikawa, Shun Ichi ^a   Aota, Shin Ichi ^a   Shirayoshi, Yasuaki ^b   Okazaki, Kenji ^a  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; ActR I; ALK 2; BMP; Branchial arches; Eye; Invagination; Lens; Mammary gland; Notochord; Pituitary; Serine threonine kinase receptor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; ANIMALS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; NOTOCHORD; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034001050     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00320-2     Document Type: Article

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