Expression of Siamois and Twin in the blastula Chordin/Noggin signaling center is required for brain formation in Xenopus laevis embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 58-66

  Ishibashi, Hideyuki ^a   Matsumura, Noriko ^a   Hanafusa, Hiroshi ^b,c   Matsumoto, Kunihiro ^b,c   Robertis, E M De ^d   Kuroda, Hiroki ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Cell signaling; Chordin; Noggin; Siamois; Spemann organizer; Twin; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORDIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; NOGGIN; PROTEIN SIAMOIS; PROTEIN TWIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VEGT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 37349013567     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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