Neural induction in embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 363-376

  Tiedemann, Heinz ^a,e   Asashima, Makoto ^b   Grunz, Horst ^c   Knöchel, Walter ^d   Tiedemann, Hildegard ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryos; Gene expression; Mechanism of neural induction

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031846635     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-1-00001.x     Document Type: Review

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