Activation of dorsal development by contact between the cortical dorsal determinant and the equatorial core cytoplasm in eggs of Xenopus laevis

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1543-1551

  Kageura, H ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axis determination; Cortex; Cytoplasm; Dorsal determinant; Rotation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; OVUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030966528     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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