title: Making mesoderm--upstream and downstream of Xbra.
abstract: The mesoderm of the amphibian embryo is formed through an inductive interaction in which cells of the vegetal hemisphere of the embryo act on overlying equatorial cells. My laboratory is studying the Brachyury gene, which plays a key role in this interaction, being both necessary and sufficient for normal mesoderm formation. In this article I describe our attempts to understand how Xenopus Brachyury (Xbra) is activated in the right cells at the right time, and then to understand how Xbra exerts its effects.
authors: Division of Developmental Biology, National Institute for Medical Research, London, England. jim@welc.cam.ac.uk
authors: J C
authors: JC
authors: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D019521:Body Patterning; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000166:cytology; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020825:T-Box Domain Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: C115868:Bix1 protein, Xenopus; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D020825:T-Box Domain Proteins; C116765:TBXT protein, Xenopus; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D004247:DNA