Patterning the Xenopus blastula

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4179-4191

  Heasman, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Blastula; Gastrulation; Pattern formation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BLASTULA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDODERM; GERM LAYER; MESODERM; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMITE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0030687553     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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