Short- and long-range functions of Goosecoid in zebrafish axis formation are independent of Chordin, Noggin 1 and Follistatin-like 1b

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1675-1685

  Fox, Monica Dixon ^a   Bruce, Ashley E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Chordin; DV patterning; Follistatin like; Goosecoid; Noggin; Organizer; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHORDIN; FOLLISTATIN LIKE 1B; FOLLISTATIN RELATED PROTEIN; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NOGGIN; NOGGIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GSC PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; NOGGIN PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FOLLISTATIN-RELATED PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 68549091077     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.031161     Document Type: Article

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