Gata2 provides an early anterior bias and uncovers a global positioning system for polarity in the amniote embryo

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 4232-4238

  Bertocchini, Federica ^a,b   Stern, Claudio D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Embryonic polarity; Embryonic regulation; Gastrulation; GATA factors; Gdf 1; Nodal; Primitive streak formation; Regeneration; Vg1

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN VG1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

AMNIOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; FEMALE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; COS CELLS; GASTRULATION; GATA2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 1; NODAL PROTEIN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84867873044     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.081901     Document Type: Article

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