Nodal signaling in Xenopus gastrulae is cell-autonomous and patterned by β-catenin

Developmental Biology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 125-138

  Hashimoto Partyka, Minako K ^a,c   Yuge, Masahiro ^b   Cho, Ken W Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CmXnr 2; Short range; TGF , Xnr; Wnt; Xenopus; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XBRA GENE; XENOPUS; XGSC GENE;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0037229783     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0867     Document Type: Article

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