A p38 MAPK-CREB pathway functions to pattern mesoderm in Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 322, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-94

  Keren, Aviad ^a   Keren Politansky, Anat ^a   Bengal, Eyal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

AC; AMO; Animal Cap; Antisense Morpholino Oligonucleotide; CREB; DLMZ; DMZ; Dorsal Lateral Marginal Zone; Dorsal Marginal Zone; MAPK; Mesoderm patterning; Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase; p38 MAPK; Spemann's organizer; Ventral Marginal Zone; VMZ; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CHORDIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 6; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MORPHOGEN; PROTEIN VP16; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOOSECOID GENE; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIAMOIS GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 52049105865     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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