The dorsalizing and neural inducing gene follistatin is an antagonist of BMP-4

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-50

  Fainsod, Abraham ^a   Deißler, Kirsten ^b   Yelin, Ronit ^a   Marom, Karen ^a   Epstein, Michal ^a   Pillemer, Graciela ^a   Steinbeisser, Herbert ^c   Blum, Martin ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Embryonic development; Follistatin; Mouse; Spemann's organizer; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FOLLISTATIN; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; MESODERM; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROLACTIN; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; TERATOCARCINOMA; TRETINOIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; XENOPUS;

EID: 0342684469     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00673-4     Document Type: Article

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