A direct screen for secreted proteins in Xenopus embryos identifies distinct activities for the Wnt antagonists Crescent and Frzb-1

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-195

  Pera, Edgar M ^a   De Robertis, E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crescent; Cyclopia; Frzb 1; Hypoblast; Prechordal plate; Secretion cloning; sFRP 2; Sizzled; Spemann organizer; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CRESCENT; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN FRZB 1; PROTEIN SFRP 2; PROTEIN SIZZLED; PROTEIN WNT ANTAGONIST; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOPIA; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EYE ABNORMALITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0034705993     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00394-4     Document Type: Article

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