Inhibition of gastrulation in Xenopus embryos by an antibody against a cathepsin L-like protease

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-115

  Miyata, Shohei ^a   Kubo, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

antibody; cathepsin L; gastrulation; Xenopus embryos

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CATHEPSIN L;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030897758     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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