Activin-like signal activates dorsal-specific maternal RNA between 8- and 16-cell stages of Xenopus

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 210-221

  Hainski, Alexandra M ^a   Moody, Sally A ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cytoplasmic determinants; dorsal bias; localized RNA; Maternal molecules; secondary dorsal axis; translational control

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MORULA; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; INHIBINS; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029846464     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)19:3<210::AID-DVG4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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