Xenopus Dan, a member of the Dan gene family of BMP antagonists, is expressed in derivatives of the cranial and trunk neural crest

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 187-189

  Eimon, Peter M ^a   Harland, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Can family; Cerberus; Dan; Dan family; Gremlin; Neural crest; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CYTOKINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS;

EID: 0034891352     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(01)00462-2     Document Type: Article

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