The role of intracellular alkalinization in the establishment of anterior neural fate in Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-20

  Uzman, J Akif ^a   Patil, Sonali ^a   Uzgare, Aarti R ^a   Sater, Amy K ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracellular pH; Neural induction; Otx2; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; METHYLAMINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE;

ALKALINIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031931397     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8782     Document Type: Article

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