Subtilisin-like proprotein convertase activity is necessary for left-right axis determination in Xenopus neurula embryos

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 216, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 607-622

  Toyoizumi, Ryuji ^a   Takeuchi, Shigeo ^a   Mogi, Kazue ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dec RVKR CMK; Hexa arginine; Lateral plate mesoderm; Proprotein convertase; Xenopus neurula

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; FURIN; KETONE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SUBTILISIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 33749080161     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-006-0081-8     Document Type: Article

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