Maternal VegT is the initiator of a molecular network specifying endoderm in Xenopus laevis

Development

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-180

  Xanthos, J B ^a   Kofron, M ^a   Wylie, C ^a   Heasman, J ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoderm; GATA factor; Mixer; TGF ; VegT; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOSS; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GATA5 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CERBERUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035144325     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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