Neuroectodermal specification and regionalization of the Spemann organizer in Xenopus

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 49-58

  Fetka, Ingrid ^a   Doederlein, Gabi ^a   Bouwmeester, Tewis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Convergence extension; Floorplate; Forkhead; Nodal signalling; Spemann organizer; Xenopus; XFD 12

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRUNK; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0034191890     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00265-3     Document Type: Article

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