Inhibition of activin receptor signaling promotes neuralization in Xenopus

Cell

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 273-281

  Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^a   Melton, Douglas A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CELL RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0028297870     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90319-0     Document Type: Article

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