Identification of a second Xenopus Twisted Gastrulation gene

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Oelgeschläger, Michael ^a,b   Tran, Uyen ^a   Grubisic, Kristina ^b   De Robertis, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

BMP; Chordin; Tolloid; Twisted gastrulation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORDIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MESENCHYME; MESODERM; MICROINJECTION; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TADPOLE; TWISTED GASTRULATION GENE; XENOPUS; XTSG 2 GENE; XTSG GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342301737     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.15005575     Document Type: Article

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