Cerberus-like is a secreted BMP and nodal antagonist not essential for mouse development

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 265-270

  Belo, José António ^a,b   Bachiller, D ^a   Agius, E ^b,c   Kemp, C ^a   Borges, A C ^b   Marques, S ^b   Piccolo, S ^a,d   De Robertis, Eddy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AVE; Cerberus; Cerberus like; Head induction; Nodal

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE INDUCTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CERBERUS; RODENTIA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS CERBERUS;

EID: 0034078755     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1526-968X(200004)26:4<265::AID-GENE80>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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