Comparative analysis of Xenopus VegT, the meso-endodermal determinant, identifies an unusual conserved sequence

Differentiation

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 559-565

  Pérez, Oscar ^a   Benítez, María Soledad ^a,d   Nath, Kimberly ^b   Heasman, Janet ^c   Del Pino, Eugenia M ^a   Elinson, Richard P ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anurans, amphibians; Colostethus; Gastrotheca; T box transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VEG T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COLOSTETHUS; GASTROTHECA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34447315901     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2007.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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