Xema, a foxi-class gene expressed in the gastrula stage Xenopus ectoderm, is required for the suppression of mesendoderm

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2733-2742

  Suri, Crystal ^a   Haremaki, Tomomi ^a   Weinstein, Daniel C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fox; Mesendoderm; Mesoderm; Xema; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN FOX; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LAYER; MESENDODERM; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; XEMA GENE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XEMA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 21644490196     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01865     Document Type: Article

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