Coco regulates dorsoventral specification of germ layers via inhibition of TGFβ signalling

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 4177-4181

  Bates, Thomas J D ^a   Vonica, Alin ^b,d   Heasman, Janet ^c   Brivanlou, Ali H ^b   Bell, Esther ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coco; Ectoderm; Endoderm; Mesoderm; TGF ; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; COCO PROTEIN; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; BLASTULA; COCO GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LAYER; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

COCO; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; MESODERM; TGFΒ; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTULA; CELL COMMUNICATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; GERM LAYERS; MESODERM; NODAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84884966270     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.095521     Document Type: Article

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