Restricting oxygen supply to the prospective dorsal side does not reverse axis polarity in embryos of Xenopus laevis

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-152

  Black, Steven D ^a   Hawk, Susan N ^a   Larkin, Kay ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Determination; Embryonic axis; Gradient; Polarity; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; ASSAY; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLIC RATE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029827779     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050040     Document Type: Article

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