Xenopus msx-1 regulates dorso-ventral axis formation by suppressing the expression of organizer genes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-168

  Takeda, Masatoshi ^a   Saito, Yoshinari ^a   Sekine, Ryo ^a   Onitsuka, Izumi ^a   Maeda, Ryu ^a,b   Maéno, Mitsugu ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis; BMP 4; Dorsal; Homeobox; msx; Organizer; Ventral; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS;

EID: 0034084040     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(00)00194-2     Document Type: Article

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