Activin-treated urodele animal caps: I. Mesoderm and endoderm differentiation of salamander animal caps

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 887-892

  Ariizumi, Takashi ^a   Takano, Kazuhiro ^a   Ninomiya, Hiromasa ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; CYNOPS; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; HYNOBIUS; HYNOBIUS NIGRESCENS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032236729     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.887     Document Type: Article

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