Factors responsible for the establishment of the body plan in the amphibian embryo

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 279-289

  Grunz, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gradients; Mesodermal and neural induction; Pattern formation; Species differences; Vertical and planar signals

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; MESODERM; TRITURUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029879937     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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