The lefty-related factor Xatv acts as a feedback inhibitor of Nodal signaling in mesoderm induction and L-R axis development in Xenopus

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1049-1061

  Cheng, Abby M S ^a   Thisse, Bernard ^b   Thisse, Christine ^b   Wright, Christopher V E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Antivin; Feedback inhibitor; Left right axis; Lefty; Nodal; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ANTIVIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTRULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034066362     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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