Effects of intermediate filament disruption on the early development of the peripheral nervous system of Xenopus laevis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 197-211

  Lin, Weichun ^a   Szaro, Ben G ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030579128     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0251     Document Type: Article

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