Xnf7 functions in dorsal-ventral patterning of the Xenopus embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-17

  El Hodiri, Heithem M ^a   Shou, Weinian ^a,b   Etkin, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031260192     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8692     Document Type: Article

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