The bHLH class protein pMesogeninl can specify paraxial mesoderm phenotypes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 376-391

  Yoon, Jeong Kyo ^a   Moon, Randall T ^b   Wold, Barbara ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH gene; MesP1; MesP2; Mouse; Paraxial mesoderm; Somite; Somitomeres; Thylacine; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SOMITE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0342297891     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9717     Document Type: Article

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