A conserved mechanism for vertebrate mesoderm specification in urodele amphibians and mammals

Developmental Biology

Volumn 343, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 138-152

  Swiers, Gemma ^a,b   Chen, Yi Hsien ^a   Johnson, Andrew D ^a   Loose, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene regulatory networks; Mesoderm induction

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BRACHYURY; PROTEIN MIX; PROTEIN NODAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; MESODERM; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

AMBYSTOMA MEXICANUM; AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953699082     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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