Short-range signaling by candidate morphogens of the TGFβ family and evidence for a relay mechanism of induction

Cell

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 743-754

  Reilly, Karlyne M ^a   Melton, Douglas A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DISSOCIATION; DROSOPHILA; ENDODERM; ENZYME INDUCTION; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030572733     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80149-X     Document Type: Article

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