Activin/nodal signaling modulates XPAPC expression during Xenopus gastrulation

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 683-691

  Lou, Xin ^a   Li, Shuangwei ^a   Wang, Jinhu ^a,b   Ding, Xiaoyan ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Cell Building ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Gastrulation; Nodal signaling; Xenopus; XPAPC

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CONTIG; SMAD PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; XPAPC GENE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MORPHOGENESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40849083672     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21456     Document Type: Article

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