Neural induction in Xenopus laevis: Evidence for the default model

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-12

  Weinstein, Daniel C ^a   Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; BLASTULA; ECTODERM; EPIDERMIS; EXPLANT; GASTRULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031050388     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80114-6     Document Type: Article

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