Cell fate determination in embryonic ectoderm

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-151

  Chang, Chenbei ^a   Hemmati Brivanlou, Ali ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPIDERMIS; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL LINE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0031927994     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199808)36:2<128::AID-NEU3>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Review

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