Left-right asymmetry in the level of active Nodal protein produced in the node is translated into left-right asymmetry in the lateral plate of mouse embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 353, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-330

  Kawasumi, Aiko ^a,b   Nakamura, Tetsuya ^a,b   Iwai, Naomi ^a,b   Yashiro, Kenta ^a,b   Saijoh, Yukio ^a,b   Belo, Jose Antonio ^c,d   Shiratori, Hidetaka ^a,b   Hamada, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Left right asymmetry; Nodal signaling; Node; Smad

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 1; LEFT RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTOR; PROTEIN NODAL; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MESODERM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 79955007799     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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