Brachyury, the blastopore and the evolution of the mesoderm

BioEssays

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 788-794

  Technau, Ulrich ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYURY PROTEIN; FETOPROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; GASTRULA; GENETICS; MESODERM; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL PROTEINS; GASTRULA; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0034814669     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.1114     Document Type: Review

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