Neural induction and antero-posterior patterning in the amphibian embryo: Past, present and future

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 319-338

  Gould, S E ^a   Grainger, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior; Determination; Development; Embryo; Induction; Neural; Posterior

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEINS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 0030853570     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000609     Document Type: Review

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