Genetic evidence for posterior specification by convergent extension in the xenopus embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-132

  Yamada, Tuneo ^a   Modak, Sohan P ^b  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Convergent extension; CSKA eFGF; Differentiation of posterior axial tissues; Dominant negative BMPR; Dominant negative FGFR; MAP kinase activation; Xbra En(R); Xnot 2

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031943901     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.00002.x     Document Type: Review

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