Cooperative roles of Bozozok/Dharma and Nodal-related proteins in the formation of the dorsal organizer in zebrafish

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 293-303

  Shimizu, Takashi ^a   Yamanaka, Yojiro ^a   Ryu, Seung Lim ^a   Hashimoto, Hisashi ^a   Yabe, Taijiro ^a   Hirata, Tsutomu ^a   Bae, Young Ki ^a   Hibi, Masahiko ^a   Hirano, Toshio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bozozok; Cyclops; Dharma; Nieuwkoop center; Nodal; Spemann organizer; Squint; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; BLASTULA; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLASTOCYST; BODY PATTERNING; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GLYCOPROTEINS; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

CYCLOPS; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034003216     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00319-6     Document Type: Article

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