Anteriorward shifting of asymmetric Xnr1 expression and contralateral communication in left-right specification in Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 447-463

  Ohi, Yuki ^a   Wright, Christopher V E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

L R asymmetry; Lateral plate mesoderm; Nodal; Xenopus laevis; Xnr1

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NODAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33846071092     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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