The community effect and ectoderm-mesoderm interaction in Xenopus muscle differentiation

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 409-425

  Monk, Nicholas A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOLOGY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESODERM; MODEL; MUSCLE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031149341     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02459458     Document Type: Article

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