Downstream of FGF during mesoderm formation in Xenopus: The roles of Elk-1 and Egr-1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 313-326

  Nentwich, Oliver ^a   Dingwell, Kevin S ^a,b   Nordheim, A ^c   Smith, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Abteilung Molekularbiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activin; Egr 1; Elk 1; FGF; MAPK; Mesoderm; Xbra; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ELK 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GASTRULA; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MESODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ETS-DOMAIN PROTEIN ELK-1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 70449535655     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.09.039     Document Type: Article

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