Bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) acts during gastrula stages to cause ventralization of Xenopus embryos

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1545-1554

  Michael Jones, C ^a,c   Dale, Leslie ^b   Hogan, Brigid L M ^c   Wright, Christopher V E ^c   Smith, J C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Gastrulation; Mesoderm induction; Ventralization; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GASTRULA; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLES; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13344282101     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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