Keeping a close eye on Wnt-1/wg signaling in Xenopus

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 3-15

  Gradl, Dietmar ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a   Wedlich, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catenin; Mesoderm induction; Morphogenetic movement; Neural crest; Secondary axis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN;

BLASTOMERE; DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0344500702     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00129-X     Document Type: Review

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