Vestigial like gene family expression in Xenopus: Common and divergent features with other vertebrates

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8-9, 2010, Pages 1375-1382

  Faucheux, Corinne ^a   Naye, François ^a   Tréguer, Karine ^a   Fédou, Sandrine ^a   Thiébaud, Pierre ^a   Thézé, Nadine ^a  

^a CNRS Bordeaux Segalen University   (France)

Author keywords

Activin; BMP; FGF; Vestigial like; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; GENE PRODUCT; MYOGENIC FACTOR; PROTEIN EN2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESTIGIAL LIKE 1 PROTEIN; VESTIGIAL LIKE 2 PROTEIN; VESTIGIAL LIKE 3 PROTEIN; VESTIGIAL LIKE 4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; FOWL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMMAL; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77957715464     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.103080cf     Document Type: Article

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