The role of the Spemann organizer in anterior-posterior patterning of the trunk

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 124, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 668-681

  Jansen, Hans J ^a   Wacker, Stephan A ^b   Bardine, Nabila ^b   Durston, Antony J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation; Anterior posterior patterning; Hox; Neurectoderm; Organizer; Transformation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALK 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; HEAD; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAIL; TRUNK;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; MESODERM; NEURONS; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORAX; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548543865     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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