Long- and short-range signals control the dynamic expression of an animal hemisphere-specific gene in Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 315, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-172

  Mir, Adnan ^a,b   Kofron, Matthew ^a   Heasman, Janet ^a   Mogle, Melissa ^a   Lang, Stephanie ^a   Birsoy, Bilge ^a   Wylie, Chris ^a  

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

^b Physician/Scientist Training Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal gene expression; Ectoderm; FoxI1e; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXI1E; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VEGT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMISPHERE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 39549089307     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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