XFGF-9: A new fibroblast growth factor from Xenopus embryos

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-436

  Song, Jihwan ^a   Slack, Jonathan M W ^b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibroblast growth factor (FGF); Glycosylation; Mesoderm induction; Posteriorization Xenopus; Secretion

Indexed keywords

DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS; ZYGOTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 9; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0029779239     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199608)206:4<427::AID-AJA8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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