Determination, induction and pattern formation in early amphibian embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 233-246

  Tiedemann, Heinz ^a,e   Asashima, Makoto ^b   Born, Jochen ^a   Grunz, Horst ^c   Knöchel, Walter ^d   Tiedemann, Hildegard ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

early embryogenesis; gene expression; mesoderm determination; morphogenesis; neural induction

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GROWTH REGULATION; MESODERM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029976963     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1996.t01-2-00002.x     Document Type: Review

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