A sticky problem: The Xenopus cement gland as a paradigm for anteroposterior patterning

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-280

  Sive, Hazel ^a   Bradley, Leila ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXIS; CELL INTERACTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FROG; MUCUS GLAND; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ECTODERM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEAD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029978849     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199603)205:3<265::AID-AJA7>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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