The role of FGF signaling in the establishment and maintenance of mesodermal gene expression in Xenopus

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1243-1254

  Fletcher, Russell B ^a   Harland, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FGF; FGF4; FGF8; Gastrulation; Mesoderm; Organizer; Paraxial mesoderm; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VEGT GENE; XBRA GENE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; PYRROLES; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43449107069     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21517     Document Type: Article

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