...Matthew Polli; Enrique Amaya Xenopus laevis has been a particularly useful model organism for identifying factors involved in the induction and patterning of the mesoderm, however, much remains to be learned about how these factors interact. The myogenic transcription factor Xmyf-5 is the earliest...

... by Company of Biologists 1997 Bmp-4 mesoderm noggin Xenopus Xvent XMyf-5 Pattern formation of mesodermal tissues is a central process during vertebrate embryogenesis and is a determinant for the vertebrate body plan. In Amphibia, embryonic mesoderm arises from a ring of cells...