Lef1 plays a role in patterning the mesoderm and ectoderm in Xenopus tropicalis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-89

  Roël, Giulietta ^a   Gent, Yoony Y J ^c   Peterson Maduro, Josi ^b   Verbeek, Fons J ^d   Destrée, Olivier ^b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Knockdown; Lef1; Tropicalis; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPIDERMIS; GANGLION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MARKER GENE; MELANOCYTE; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TAIL; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOLOGY; EXON; GENETICS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; MESODERM; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 67449116796     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072395gr     Document Type: Article

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