The interpretation of position in a morphogen gradient as revealed by occupancy of activin receptors

Cell

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 557-568

  Dyson, Steven ^a   Gurdon, J B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; MORPHOGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032524323     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81185-X     Document Type: Article

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