Induction and modulation of smooth muscle differentiation in Xenopus embryonic cells

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3373-3386

  Barillot, Wilfrid ^a   Tréguer, Karine ^a   Faucheux, Corinne ^a   Fédou, Sandrine ^a   Thézé, Nadine ^a   Thiébaud, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNRS Bordeaux Segalen University   (France)

Author keywords

BMP; FGF; GATA6; Myocardin; Myosin heavy chain; Smooth muscle; SRF; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; MYOCARDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 55549100974     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21749     Document Type: Article

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