Cloning and early dorsal axial expression of flik, a chick follistatin-related gene: Evidence for involvement in dorsalization/neural induction

Developmental Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-342

  Patel, K ^a   Connolly, D J ^a   Amthor, H ^b   Nose, K ^c   Cooke, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE INDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030587604     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0222     Document Type: Article

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