Vertebrate neural induction

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue , 1997, Pages 43-60

  Hemmati Brivanlou, A ^a   Melton, D ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP4; chordin; default model; follistatin; noggin

Indexed keywords

CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; NEURONS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0031049731     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.20.1.43     Document Type: Review

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