Molecular components of the endoderm specification pathway in Xenopus tropicalis

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-127

  D'Souza, Anjali ^a   Lee, Monica ^a   Taverner, Nicola ^b   Mason, Julia ^b   Carruthers, Samantha ^b   Smith, James C ^b   Amaya, Enrique ^b   Papalopulu, Nancy ^b   Zorn, Aaron M ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bix; Cerberus; Development; Endoderm; FoxA1; Gata; Hex; Mix; Mixer; Sox17; VegT; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODERM; GATA6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE LIBRARY; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

CERBERUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 0037220033     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10201     Document Type: Article

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