Mesodermal induction in early amphibian embryos by activin A (erythroid differentiation factor)

Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 330-335

  Asashima, Makoto ^a   Nakano, Hiroshi ^a   Shimada, Kazunori ^a   Kinoshita, Kei ^b   Ishii, Koichi ^c   Shibai, Hiroshiro ^c   Ueno, Naoto ^d  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin A; Erythroid differentiation factor; Mesoderm induction; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; INHIBIN A;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; HEREDITY; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; SUIDAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0025253757     PISSN: 0930035X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00383771     Document Type: Article

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