X-epilectin: A novel epidermal fucolectin regulated by BMP signalling

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1119-1129

  Massé, Karine ^a   Baldwin, Rebecca ^b   Barnett, Mark W ^c   Jones, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior axis; BMP signalling; Epidermis; Fucolectin; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; FUCOLECTIN; FUCOSE; GROWTH FACTOR; LECTIN; NOGGIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; X EPILECTIN;

ARTICLE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTORS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; LECTINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UP-REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 13144283641     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041892km     Document Type: Article

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