The impact of Spemann's concepts on molecular embryology

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-68

  Steinbeisser, Herbert ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 0029927399     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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