Xbra3 elicits the production of neural tissue by a non-BMP-dependent mechanism in Xenopus sp.

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 65-75

  Hartman, D ^a   Haldin, C E ^a   Stott, D ^a   Jones, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Neural induction; Xbra; Xbra3; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN XBRA3; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; BRA3 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GROWTH PROMOTOR; ONCOPROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS CELL; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS SP.;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ECTODERM; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0036804490     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00195-8     Document Type: Article

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