Bottle cell formation in relation to mesodermal patterning in the Xenopus embryo

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 117-131

  Kurth, Thomas ^a   Hausen, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activin; Bottle cell; Cerberus; Fibroblast growth factor; Gastrulation; Nodal; Pattern formation; Transforming growth factor ; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMAL; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INHIBINS; MESODERM; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS;

EID: 0342844270     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00428-7     Document Type: Article

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