Induction of dorsal mesoderm by soluble, mature Vg1 protein

Normal Table of Xenopus Laevis (Daudin)

1958 • 4,561 citations

Isolation of monoclonal antibodies specific for human c-myc proto-oncogene product.

1985 • 2,456 citations

Peptide Growth Factors and Their Receptors

1991 • 1,221 citations

Expression cloning of noggin, a new dorsalizing factor localized to the Spemann organizer in Xenopus embryos

1992 • 1,176 citations

Xenopus chordin: A novel dorsalizing factor activated by organizer-specific homeobox genes

1994 • 1,114 citations

Expression of a dominant negative mutant of the FGF receptor disrupts mesoderm formation in xenopus embryos

1991 • 1,103 citations

Expression of a xenopus homolog of Brachyury (T) is an immediate-early response to mesoderm induction

1991 • 980 citations

Activin-Binding Protein from Rat Ovary Is Follistatin

1990 • 886 citations

Follistatin, an antagonist of activin, is expressed in the Spemann organizer and displays direct neuralizing activity

1994 • 759 citations

A maternal mRNA localized to the vegetal hemisphere in xenopus eggs codes for a growth factor related to TGF-β

1987 • 747 citations

[25] In vitro RNA synthesis with SP6 RNA polymerase

1987 • 732 citations

Injected Xwnt-8 RNA acts early in Xenopus embryos to promote formation of a vegetal dorsalizing center

1991 • 651 citations

Activins are expressed early in Xenopus embryogenesis and can induce axial mesoderm and anterior structures

1990 • 600 citations

The TGF-β family and its composite receptors

1994 • 539 citations

A truncated activin receptor inhibits mesoderm induction and formation of axial structures in Xenopus embryos

1992 • 538 citations

Injected Wnt RNA induces a complete body axis in Xenopus embryos

1991 • 501 citations

Expression of Xenopus N-CAM RNA in ectoderm is an early response to neural induction

1987 • 485 citations

The formation of the mesoderm in urodelean amphibians

1969 • 472 citations

Identification and cloning of localized maternal RNAs from xenopus eggs

1985 • 464 citations

Studies with a Xenopus BMP receptor suggest that ventral mesoderm-inducing signals override dorsal signals in vivo

1994 • 463 citations

A truncated bone morphogenetic protein receptor affects dorsal-ventral patterning in the early Xenopus embryo.

1994 • 449 citations

Cortical rotation of the Xenopus egg: consequences for the anteroposterior pattern of embryonic dorsal development

1989 • 418 citations

Processed Vg1 protein is an axial mesoderm inducer in xenopus

1993 • 417 citations

The mRNA encoding elongation factor 1-α (EF-1α) is a major transcript at the midblastula transition in Xenopus

1989 • 395 citations

Xwnt-8, a Xenopus Wnt-1/int-1-related gene responsive to mesoderminducing growth factors, may play a role in ventral mesodermal patterning during embryogenesis

1991 • 373 citations

Secreted noggin protein mimics the Spemann organizer in dorsalizing Xenopus mesoderm

1993 • 365 citations

Organizer-Specific Homeobox Genes in Xenopus laevis Embryos

1991 • 349 citations

Translocation of a localized maternal mRNA to the vegetal pole of Xenopus oocytes

1987 • 346 citations

Early cellular interactions promote embryonic axis formation in Xenopus laevis

1984 • 291 citations

Vertebrate Embryonic Induction: Mesodermal and Neural Patterning

1994 • 286 citations

Regional specification within the mesoderm of early embryos of Xenopus laevis

1987 • 286 citations

Vegetal Messenger RNA Localization Directed by a 340-nt RNA Sequence Element in Xenopus Oocytes

1992 • 268 citations

Mesodermal patterning by an inducer gradient depends on secondary cell–cell communication

1994 • 267 citations

Requirement for Activin a and Transforming Growth Factor--β1 Pro-Regions in Homodimer Assembly

1990 • 266 citations

A transient array of parallel microtubules in frog eggs: Potential tracks for a cytoplasmic rotation that specifies the dorso-ventral axis

1988 • 249 citations

The formation of the mesoderm in urodelean amphibians

1973 • 247 citations

Mesoderm induction by activin requires FGF-mediated intracellular signals

1994 • 225 citations

Activin-Binding Protein Is Present in Pituitary*

1991 • 222 citations

The Inhibin/Activin Family of Hormones and Growth Factors

1990 • 220 citations

Activin-mediated mesoderm induction requires FGF

1994 • 208 citations

The development of animal cap cells in Xenopus: a measure of the start of animal cap competence to form mesoderm

1987 • 187 citations

Secretion and mesoderm-inducing activity of the TGF-beta-related domain of Xenopus Vg1.

1993 • 177 citations

Gastrulation movements provide an early marker of mesoderm induction in Xenopus laevis

1987 • 172 citations

Subcortical rotation in Xenopus eggs: An early step in embryonic axis specification

1987 • 162 citations

The Formation of the Mesoderm in Urodelean Amphibians

1969 • 159 citations

Presence of activin (erythroid differentiation factor) in unfertilized eggs and blastulae of Xenopus laevis.

1991 • 151 citations

Mesoderm formation in the anuranXenopus laevis (Daudin)

1971 • 148 citations

The maternal mRNA Vg1 is correctly localized following injection into Xenopus oocytes

1988 • 145 citations

Effects of truncated activin and FGF receptors and of follistatin on the inducing activities of BVg1 and activin: does activin play a role in mesoderm induction?

1994 • 145 citations

An interaction between dorsal and ventral regions of the marginal zone in early amphibian embryos

1980 • 142 citations

A Mouse Macrophage Factor Induces Head Structures and Organizes a Body Axis in Xenopus

1990 • 130 citations

Localized synthesis of the Vg1 protein during early Xenopus development

1989 • 129 citations

Isolation and characterization of sarcomeric actin genes expressed in Xenopus laevis embryos

1986 • 111 citations

Appendix A: Solutions and Protocols

1991 • 105 citations

Developmental expression of the protein product of Vg1, a localized maternal mRNA in the frog Xenopus laevis.

1989 • 95 citations

Solutions and protocols

1991 • 89 citations

REGIONAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE ISOLATED ECTODERM OF THE TRITURUS GASTRULA INDUCED THROUGH A PROTEIN EXTRACT

1950 • 84 citations

Spatial distribution of the capacity to initiate a secondary embryo in the 32-cell embryo ofXenopus laevis

1990 • 64 citations

The nature of the mesoderm-inducing signal in Xenopus: a transfilter induction study

1991 • 52 citations

The Location of Dorsal Information in Frog Early Development

1989 • 47 citations

Expression of mRNA for activin-binding protein (follistatin) during early embryonic development of Xenopus laevis

1991 • 47 citations

The possible role of mesodermal growth factors in the formation of endoderm inXenopus laevis

1993 • 47 citations

Identification of Activins A, AB, and B and Follistatin Proteins in Xenopus Embryos

1994 • 44 citations

Isolation and Characterization of Xenopus Follistatin and Activins

1993 • 32 citations

Specification of the body plan during Xenopus gastrulation: dorsoventral and anteroposterior patterning of the mesoderm

1992 • 22 citations

Identification of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in EarlyXenopus laevisEmbryos

1992 • 18 citations

Immunodetection ofXenopusBone Morphogenetic Protein-4 in Early Embryos

1993 • 17 citations

Vg1 and regional specification in vertebrates: a new role for an old molecule

1994 • 17 citations