The roles of activin and follistatin signaling in chick gastrulation

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-559

  Levin, Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Follistatin; HNF3 ; Left right asymmetry; Streak

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLISTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FOLLISTATIN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; INHIBINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031782497     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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