Activin/Nodal signals mediate the ventral expression of myf-5 in Xenopus gastrula embryos

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-127

  Chen, Ying ^a,b   Lin, Gu Fa ^a   Hu, Ruiying ^a   Chen, Yuguang ^b   Ding, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Activin Nodal signals; Myogenesis; Smad binding element; Xenopus myf 5

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; SMAD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0141514435     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.08.127     Document Type: Article

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