Studies on the role of fibroblast growth factor signaling in neurogenesis using conjugated/aged animal caps and dorsal ectoderm-grafted embryos

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 6892-6898

  Xu, Ren He ^a   Kim, Jaebong ^b   Taira, Masanori ^c   Sredni, Dvora ^d   Kung, Hsiang Fu ^b,e  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Laboratory of Biochemical Physiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior patterning; BMP; Embryo; FGF; Neurogenesis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; DORSAL ROOT; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; GASTRULA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030869192     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-18-06892.1997     Document Type: Article

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