Distinct functions of Rho and Rac are required for convergent extension during Xenopus gastrulation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 318-335

  Tahinci, Emilios ^a   Symes, Karen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergent extension; Gastrulation; GTPase; Rac; Rho; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ISOPROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FILOPODIUM; GASTRULATION; LAMELLIPODIUM; MESODERM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECORDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037966282     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00206-9     Document Type: Article

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