Nodal signals mediate interactions between the extra-embryonic and embryonic tissues in zebrafish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 310, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-378

  Fan, Xiang ^a   Hagos, Engda G ^a   Xu, Bo ^b   Sias, Christina ^a   Kawakami, Koichi ^c   Burdine, Rebecca D ^b   Dougan, Scott T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyclops; Endoderm; EVL; Extra embryonic; Mesoderm; Nodal related; SB 505124; squint; YSL; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ENDODERM; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INTERACTION; TRANSGENE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34748813321     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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