Regulation of the early expression of the Xenopus nodal-related 1 gene, Xnr1

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1221-1229

  Hyde, Cheryl E ^a   Old, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoderm; Nodal; Organizer; T box; Transgenesis; VegT; Xenopus; Xnr1

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; MESODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TATA BOX; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034029173     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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