Transcriptional integration of Wnt and Nodal pathways in establishment of the Spemann organizer

Developmental Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-241

  Reid, Christine D ^a   Zhang, Yan ^b   Sheets, Michael D ^b   Kessler, Daniel S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; FoxH1; Gastrula; Nodal; Organizer; Siamois; Signaling; Smad2 3; Transcription; Twin; Wnt; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEIN P300; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERBERUS GENE; CHORDIN GENE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOOSECOID GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPEMANN ORGANIZER; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84864068245     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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