Activating and repressing signals in head development: The role of Xotx1 and Xotx2

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1733-1743

  Andreazzoli, Massimiliano ^a,c   Pannese, Maria ^a   Boncinelli, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Convergent extension; Head organizer; Homeobox; Otx1; Otx2; Tail organizer; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAD; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEAD; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 1842404775     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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