Endoderm induction by the organizer-secreted factors chordin and noggin in Xenopus animal caps

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4547-4555

  Sasai, Yoshiki ^a,b   Lu, Bin ^a   Piccolo, Stefano ^a   De Robertis, Eddy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMP 4; Chordin; Endodermin; FGF; Spemann's organizer

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULA; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029831878     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00832.x     Document Type: Article

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