Temporal analysis of the early BMP functions identifies distinct anti-organizer and mesoderm patterning phases

Developmental Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 442-454

  Marom, Karen ^a   Levy, Vered ^a   Pillemer, Graciela ^a   Fainsod, Abraham ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blastula; BMP2; BMP4; Gastrula; Mesodermal patterning; Smad proteins; Spemann's organizer; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 20444408361     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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