Multiple interactions between maternally-activated signalling pathways control Xenopus nodal-related genes

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-226

  Rex, Maria ^a   Hilton, Emma ^a   Old, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

catenin; Activin; Morpholino; Nodal related gene; VegT; Xnr

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BETA CATENIN; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR VEGT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, REPORTER; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; MESODERM; MOTHERS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036215158     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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