Coordination of BMP-3b and cerberus is required for head formation of Xenopus embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 138-157

  Hino, Jun ^a   Nishimatsu, Shin Ichiro ^b   Nagai, Takeharu ^c   Matsuo, Hisayuki ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^a   Nohno, Tsutomu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axial patterning; BMP 3; BMP 3b; Cerberus; GDF 10; Head formation; Osteogenin; Self differentiation; Spemann organizer

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 3B; OSTEOGENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VERTEBRATE;

CERBERUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041843736     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00223-9     Document Type: Article

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