Vertebrate embryonic cells will become nerve cells unless told otherwise

Cell

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-17

  Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^a   Meltont, Douglas ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FOLLISTATIN; PROTEIN;

ECTODERM; EMBRYO CELL; EPIDERMIS CELL; MESODERM; NERVE CELL; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030937808     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81853-X     Document Type: Review

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