Nodal signaling activates differentiation genes during zebrafish gastrulation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 525-540

  Bennett, James T ^a   Joubin, Katherine ^a,b   Cheng, Simon ^a   Aanstad, Pia ^c,d   Herwig, Ralf ^c   Clark, Matthew ^b,c   Lehrach, Hans ^c   Schier, Alexander F ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoderm; Gastrulation; Hatching gland; Mesoderm; Nodal; Secretion; Terminal differentiation; Xbp1; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; FISH GENETICS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTANT; NODAL SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34047255894     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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