FGF4 regulates blood and muscle specification in Xenopus laevis

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-173

  Isaacs, Harry V ^a   Deconinck, Anne E ^b   Pownall, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsoventral patterning; Fibroblast growth factor; Gastrulation mesoderm; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CELL PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; STEM CELL LEUKEMIA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRULA; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLASTULA; BLOOD CELLS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33847733961     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20060103     Document Type: Article

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