Mechanisms underlying long- and short-range nodal signaling in Zebrafish

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 388-394

  Jing, Xiao hong ^a   Zhou, Sheng mei ^a   Wang, Wei qing ^a   Chen, Yu ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nodal; Signaling range; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; PROTEIN CYCLOPS; PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEIN SQUINT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 33744911963     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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