β-catenin signaling activity dissected in the early Xenopus embryo: A novel antisense approach

Developmental Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 124-134

  Heasman, Janet ^a   Kofron, Matt ^a   Wylie, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; Dorsal signaling; Morpholino; Xwnt pathway; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS; ZYGOTE;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034213262     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9720     Document Type: Article

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