Nodal activity in the node governs left-right asymmetry

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2339-2344

  Brennan, Jane ^a,b   Norris, Dominic P ^a,c   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Isomerism; Lateral plate mesoderm; Left right asymmetry; Mouse; Nodal; Node

Indexed keywords

MORPHOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LETHAL MUTANT; LETHALITY; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037106188     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1016202     Document Type: Article

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