New perspectives on the role of the fibroblast growth factor family in amphibian development

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 350-361

  Isaacs, H V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Dominant negative FGF receptor; Fibroblast growth factor; Gastrulation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; BLASTULA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMISPHERE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS BRACHYURY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030850435     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000611     Document Type: Review

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