Neural induction and patterning by fibroblast growth factor, notochord and somite tissue in Xenopus

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-57

  Barnett, Mark W ^a   Old, Robert W ^a   Jones, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior patterning; Dominant negative FGF receptor; Fibroblast growth factor; Neural induction; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMITE; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031943719     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-5-00006.x     Document Type: Article

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