In synergy with noggin and follistatin, Xenopus nodal-related gene induces sonic hedgehog on notochord and floor plate

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 714-719

  Ito, Yuzuru ^a,b   Kuhara, Satoru ^a   Tashiro, Kosuke ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floor plate; Follistatin; Noggin; Notochord; Sonic hedgehog; Xenopus nodal related gene 1

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN; MESSENGER RNA; NOGGIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034811565     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4386     Document Type: Article

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