VegT induces endoderm by a self-limiting mechanism and by changing the competence of cells to respond to TGF-β signals

Developmental Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 454-463

  Clements, Debbie ^a,b   Woodland, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endoderm; T box; TGF ; VegT; Xenopus; Xsox17

Indexed keywords

T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR XSOX17; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0037531363     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00124-6     Document Type: Article

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