Ledgerline, a novel Xenopus laevis gene, regulates differentiation of presomitic mesoderm during somitogenesis

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 689-697

  Chan, Techuan ^a   Satow, Reiko ^a   Kitagawa, Hirochika ^a   Kato, Shigeaki ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

FGF; Ledgerline; Notch; Presomitic mesoderm; RA; Segmentation; Somitogenesis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33750337070     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.689     Document Type: Article

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