Cell fate specification by localized cytoplasmic determinants and cell interactions in ascidian embryos

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 176, Issue , 1997, Pages 245-306

  Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryogenesis; Cell lineages; Cytoplasmic determinants; Developmental fates; Embryonic axes; Equivalence group; Induction; Lateral inhibition

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CHORDATA; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TADPOLE;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA;

EID: 0030774626     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)61612-5     Document Type: Review

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