Paraxial-fated mesoderm is required for neural crest induction in Xenopus embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-168

  Bonstein, Lilach ^a   Elias, Sarah ^a   Frank, Dale ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Melanocytes; Neural crest induction; Neural induction; Paraxial mesoderm; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MELANOCYTE; MESODERM; NEURAL CREST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032518332     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8795     Document Type: Article

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