Morphogen gradients, positional information, and Xenopus: Interplay of theory and experiment

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 392-408

  Green, Jeremy ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Embryo; Nodal; Patterning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHOGEN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN GSC; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; PROTEIN XBRA; RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VEGT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

AMPHIBIA; CELL NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTATION; HISTORY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORY; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0036894034     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10170     Document Type: Review

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