The role of short-range and long-range signaling in mesoderm induction and patterning during Xenopus development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-85

  Reilly, Karlyne M ^a   Melton, Douglas A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeogenetic induction; Mesoderm induction; Morphogens; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002312110     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0012     Document Type: Article

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