Regulation of bone morphogenetic proteins in early embryonic development

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 519-534

  Yamamoto, Yukiyo ^a   Oelgeschläger, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHORDIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN; SIZZLED PROTEIN; TWISTED GASTRULATION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FATE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FROG; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; INVERTEBRATE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANURA; DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 10944266135     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0575-z     Document Type: Review

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