Differential expression of the HMG box transcription factors XTcf-3 and XLef-1 during early Xenopus development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 151-154

  Molenaar, Miranda ^a   Roose, Jeroen ^b   Peterson, Josi ^a   Venanzi, Serenella ^c   Clevers, Hans ^b   Destrée, Olivier ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Armadillo; Branchial arches; Cancer; Central nervous system (CNS); Development; Embryo; Endoderm; Eye; Heart; HMG box; Lef; Limb bud; Mesenchyme; Mesoderm; Mid blastula transition (MBT); Neural crest; Otic vesicle; Tailbud; Tcf; Wingless; Wnt; Xenopus laevis; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BLASTULA; BRANCHIAL ARCH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; LIMB BUD; MESENCEPHALON; MESENCHYME; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 17544390354     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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