Expression patterns of follistatin and two follistatin-related proteins during mouse development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-330

  De Groot, Egbert ^a   Feijen, Alie ^a   Eib, Doug ^b   Zwijsen, An ^c   Sugino, Hiromu ^d   Martens, Gerard ^b   Van Den Eijnden Van Raaij, Adriana J M ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follistatin; FRP; In situ hybridization; m7365; Mouse development

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLISTATIN-RELATED PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034084192     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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