Temporal alteration of dose-dependent response to activin in newt animal-cap explants

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 147-155

  Sone, Kiyoaki ^a   Takeshima, Kazuhito ^a   Takahashi, Tadashi C ^b   Takabatake, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Biohistory Research Hall ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Brachyury; Cynops pyrrhogaster; Dose dependent response; Goosecoid

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPLANT; GASTRULA; GERM LAYER; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030826754     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050102     Document Type: Article

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