Activin/Nodal responsiveness and asymmetric expression of a Xenopus nodal-related gene converge on a FAST-regulated module in intron 1

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2503-2514

  Osada, Shin Ichi ^a,e   Saijoh, Yukio ^b,c   Frisch, Amanda ^a   Yeo, Chang Yeol ^d   Adachi, Hitoshi ^b,c   Watanabe, Minoru ^d   Whitman, Malcolm ^d   Hamada, Hiroshi ^b,c   Wright, Christopher V E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; FAST 1; Left right asymmetry; Nodal; TGF ; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INHIBINS; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSGENES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; MUS MUSCULUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034044575     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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