Decoding development in Xenopus tropicalis

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 418-426

  Showell, Chris ^a   Conlon, Frank L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 220 Fordham Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

ChIP; Gene networks; Gene regulation; Genome; Meganuclease; Phylogenetic analysis; Synteny; TILLING; Trangenesis; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 34347355313     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20286     Document Type: Review

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