The final determination of Xenopus ectoderm depends on intrinsic and external positional information

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 525-528

  Chen, Yonglong ^a   Grunz, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activin; Cell lineage; Dorsal and ventral ectoderm; Pattern formation; Predisposition

Indexed keywords

AMINE; DEXTRAN; FLUORESCEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GASTRULA; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINEAGE; DEXTRANS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; INHIBINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030790167     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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