Pre-bilaterian origin of the blastoporal axial organizer

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Kraus, Yulia ^a,b   Aman, Andy ^a   Technau, Ulrich ^a   Genikhovich, Grigory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIAN; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; METAZOAN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BILATERIA; BLASTOPORE LIP; ECTODERM; ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPEMANN ORGANIZER; ANIMAL; BODY PATTERNING; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEA ANEMONE; WNT SIGNALING;

AMPHIBIA; BILATERIA; CHORDATA; METAZOA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; SEA ANEMONES; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84971246222     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11694     Document Type: Article

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