The long road to chemical and molecular embryology. What amphibians can teach us on differentiation: An interview with Professor Heinz Tiedemann

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-122

  Grunz, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMPHIBIA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDODERM; MESODERM; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PORTRAITS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0029879345     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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