Requirement of Xmsx-1 in the BMP-triggered ventralization of Xenopus embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 131-141

  Yamamoto, Takamasa S ^a   Takagi, Chiyo ^a   Ueno, Naoto ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMP; Homeobox; MSX; Ventralization; Xvent

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; EPISTASIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; ECTODERM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MSX1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034004436     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00290-7     Document Type: Article

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