The Xenopus Eomesodermin promoter and its concentration-dependent response to activin

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 133-146

  Ryan, Kenneth ^a,b   Garrett, Nigel ^a,b   Bourillot, Pierre Yves ^a,b   Stennard, Fiona ^a,b   Gurdon, J B ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ARE; Endoderm; Eomesodermin; FAST2; Germ; Gradient; Induction; Layer; Mesoderm; Morphogen; Promoter; Repressor; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EMBRYO; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE INDUCTION; GERM LAYER; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENES, REPORTER; GLOBINS; INHIBINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034214305     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00300-2     Document Type: Article

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