Activin-treated ectoderm has complete organizing center activity in Cynops embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-208

  Ninomiya, Hiromasa ^a   Ariizumi, Takashi ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Cynops pyrrhogaster; Endoderm; Organizer; Secondary axis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYNOPS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; MESODERM; MORULA; NONHUMAN; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO;

ANIMALIA; CYNOPS; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031894925     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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