Repression of the vertebrate organizer by Wnt8 is mediated by Vent and Vox

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3991-4000

  Ramel, Marie Christine ^a   Lekven, Arne C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Dorsoventral; Vent; Vox; Wnt8

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT8 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPISTASIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544286987     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01277     Document Type: Article

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