Lefty antagonism of Squint is essential for normal gastrulation

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 2129-2135

  Feldman, Benjamin ^a   Concha, Miguel L ^b,d   Saúde, Leonor ^a   Parsons, Michael J ^a   Adams, Richard J ^c,e   Wilson, Stephen W ^b   Stemple, Derek L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

CYCLOPS; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037164724     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01361-1     Document Type: Article

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