Nodal antagonists regulate formation of the anteroposterior axis of the mouse embryo

Nature

Volumn 428, Issue 6981, 2004, Pages 387-392

  Yamamoto, Masamichi ^a   Saijoh, Yukio ^a   Perea Gomez, Altana ^b,e   Shawiot, William ^c,f   Behringer, Richard R ^c   Ang, Siew Lan ^b,d   Hamada, Hiroshi ^a   Meno, Chikara ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; SKIN;

DISTAL VISCERAL ENDODERMS (DVE); EMBRYOS; NODAL SIGNALING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

NODAL ANTAGONIST; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CERL; PROTEIN LEFTY1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 1842420647     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02418     Document Type: Article

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