Evidence for involvement of activin A and bone morphogenetic protein 4 in mammalian mesoderm and hematopoietic development

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 141-151

  Johansson, Britt M ^a   Wiles, Michael V ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECIDUA; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0028970392     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.15.1.141     Document Type: Article

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