Hypomorphic Mesp allele distinguishes establishment of rostrocaudal polarity and segment border formation in somitogenesis

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2473-2481

  Nomura Kitabayashi, Aya ^a   Takahashi, Yu ^a   Kitajima, Satoshi ^a   Inoue, Tohru ^a   Takeda, Hiroyuki ^a   Saga, Yumiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mesp2; mespb; Mouse; Resegmentation; Rostrocaudal polarity; Segment border; Somitogenesis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; PROTEIN MESP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO POLARITY; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; FETUS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMITE; SPINE FUSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CADHERINS; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOMITES; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036337993     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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