Refinement of gene expression patterns in the early Xenopus embryo

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4687-4696

  Wardle, Fiona C ^a   Smith, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin; Germ layer; Heterogeneous; Single cell RT PCR; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CELL MARKER; GENE PRODUCT; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LAYER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MARKER GENE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 7244226383     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01340     Document Type: Article

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