Adrenergic neurotransmitters and calcium ionophore-induced situs inversus viscerum in Xenopus laevis embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-514

  Toyoizumi, Ryuji ^a   Kobayashi, Takuhiro ^a   Kikukawa, Akihiro ^a   Oba, Junji ^a   Takeuchi, Shigeo ^a  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Calcium ionophore; Left right axis; Norepinephrine; Octopamine; Xenopus laevis embryo

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IONOPHORE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030845695     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-3-00012.x     Document Type: Article

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