Dose-dependent nodal/smad signals pattern the early mouse embryo

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-79

  Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epiblast; Gastrulation; Nodal; Smad2 3; TGF

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN; NODAL SIGNALING PROTEIN; SMAD PROTEIN; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; NODAL PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN NODAL; SMAD2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

CELL FATE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM LAYER; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM LAYERS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; NODAL PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMAD2 PROTEIN;

EID: 84904461158     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.03.028     Document Type: Review

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