Vertebrate neural induction: Inducers, inhibitors, and a new synthesis

Neuron

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 699-710

  Wilson, Paul A ^a   Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030956930     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80311-6     Document Type: Review

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