Zygotic VegT is required for Xenopus paraxial mesoderm formation and is regulated by Nodal signaling and Eomesodermin

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-92

  Fukuda, Masakazu ^a   Takahashi, Shuji ^b   Haramoto, Yoshikazu ^c   Onuma, Yasuko ^b   Yeon Jin, Kim ^d   Yeo, Chang Yeol ^d   Ishiura, Shoichi ^a,b   Asashima, Makoto ^b,c,e  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherent feedforward loop; Eomesodermin; Nodal; Paraxial mesodermal formation; Vegt

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; FORKHEAD BOX H1 PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; INTRON; KNOCKOUT GENE; MESODERM; MUSCLE MALFORMATION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; TAIL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRUNK; UPREGULATION; VEGT GENE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY PATTERNING; CHICKENS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NODAL PROTEIN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZYGOTE;

AMPHIBIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 74249102472     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082837mf     Document Type: Article

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