Dorsal-ventral patterning during neural induction in Xenopus: Assessment of spinal cord regionalization with xHB9, a marker for the motor neuron region

Developmental Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 209-223

  Saha, Margaret S ^a   Miles, Rebecca R ^a   Grainger, Robert M ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; MOTONEURON; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030875636     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8625     Document Type: Article

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