Hormonal regulation of embryogenesis: The formation of mesoderm in xenopus laeuis

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 326-341

  Klein, Peter S ^a   Melton, Douglas A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ACTIVIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MESODERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

DIMERIZATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; HORMONAL REGULATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMAL; HORMONES; MESODERM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0028224649     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: 0163769X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/edrv-15-3-326     Document Type: Article

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