Xbra functions as a switch between cell migration and convergent extension in the Xenopus gastrula

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1961-1972

  Kwan, Kristen M ^a   Kirschner, Marc W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Convergent extension; Gastrulation; Wnt; Xbra; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FIBRONECTIN; PROTEIN XBRA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE FUNCTION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MOVEMENT; FIBRONECTINS; GASTRULA; GLYCOPROTEINS; MESODERM; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYLYSINE; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037959686     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00412     Document Type: Review

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