Isolation and growth factor inducibility of the Xenopus laevis Lmx1b gene

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 253-262

  Haldin, Caroline E ^a   Nijjar, Sarjit ^b   Massé, Karine ^a   Barnett, Mark W ^c   Jones, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kidney; LIM homeodomain; Lmx1b; Pronephros; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN XLMX1B; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; CRICETINAE; GLOMUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037568353     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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