The Xenopus LIM-homeodomain protein Xlim5 regulates the differential adhesion properties of early ectoderm cells

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2695-2704

  Houston, Douglas W ^a   Wylie, Christopher ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Ectoderm; Germ layer; LIM homeobox; VegT; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VEGT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIM 5 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; LIM-5 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGT PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM LAYER; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; BLASTULA; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BLASTULA; CELL ADHESION; ECTODERM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0041409925     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00509     Document Type: Article

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