Phenotypic effects in Xenopus and zebrafish suggest that one-eyed pinhead functions as antagonist of BMP signalling

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 37-46

  Kiecker, Clemens ^a   Müller, Ferenc ^b   Wu, Wei ^a   Glinka, Andrei ^a   Strähle, Uwe ^b   Niehrs, Christof ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

BMP signalling; EGF CFC; Mesoderm induction; Nodal signalling; One eyed pinhead; Xenopus; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-11 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MESODERM; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-11; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0342424359     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00329-4     Document Type: Article

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