Neural induction requires continued suppression of both Smad1 and Smad2 signals during gastrulation

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3861-3872

  Chang, Chenbei ^a   Harland, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Neural induction; Nodal; Smad1; Smad2; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MESODERM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; ECTODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36549057057     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.007179     Document Type: Article

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