Dkk1 and noggin cooperate in mammalian head induction

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2239-2244

  Del Barco Barrantes, Ivan ^a   Davidson, Gary ^a   Gröne, Hermann Josef ^a   Westphal, Heiner ^b   Niehrs, Christof ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Dkk1; Gastrula; Noggin; Spemann organizer; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHORDIN; GROWTH FACTOR; NOGGIN; PROTEIN DKK1; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEAD; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; HEAD; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141483516     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.269103     Document Type: Article

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