Left-right development in Xenopus and zebrafish

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-66

  Yost, H Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Heart; Left right asymmetry; Nodal; Vg1

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMAL; CONJOINED TWINS; CYTOSKELETON; EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOSKELETON; EVOLUTION; TWINS, CONJOINED; XENOPUS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0031994696     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0191     Document Type: Article

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