Ras is an essential component for notochord formation during ascidian embryogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 81-89

  Nakatani, Yuki ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryogenesis; BFGF; Notochord induction; Ras signaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME BINDING; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENES, DOMINANT; MUTATION; NOTOCHORD; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0031463536     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00131-7     Document Type: Article

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