Localization of MAP kinase activity in early Xenopus embryos: Implications for endogenous FGF signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-20

  LaBonne, C ^a,b   Whitman, M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GASTRULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031105145     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8497     Document Type: Article

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