Ectodermal patterning in vertebrate embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-20

  Sasai, Yoshiki ^a,b   De Robertis, Eddy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MARKER GENE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE INDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031080963     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8445     Document Type: Review

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