The competence of Xenopus blastomeres to produce neural and retinal progeny is repressed by two endo-mesoderm promoting pathways

Developmental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-119

  Yan, Bo ^a   Moody, Sally A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Derriere; Endodermin; Notch1; Retina specification; rx1; sox3; VegT; Vg1; Xbra; Xnr1

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VEGT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247111413     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.01.040     Document Type: Article

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