Synergistic effects of Vg1 and Wnt signals in the specification of dorsal mesoderm and endoderm

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-34

  Cui, Yanzhen ^a   Tian, Qi ^a   Christian, Jan L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; MESODERM; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030602009     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0281     Document Type: Article

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