Xiro-1 controls mesoderm patterning by repressing bmp-4 expression in the Spemann organizer

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 368-376

  Glavic, Alvaro ^a   Gómez Skarmeta, Jose Luis ^a,b   Mayor, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Mesoderm; Spemann organizer; Xiro 1

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORDIN; ETOPOSIDE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GOOSECOID; PROTEIN XIRO1; PROTEIN XLIM1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSACTIVATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MESODERM; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0034766864     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.1189     Document Type: Article

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