The inductive properties of mesoderm suggest that the neural crest cells are specified by a BMP gradient

Developmental Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-329

  Marchant, L ^a   Linker, C ^a   Ruiz, P ^a   Guerrero, N ^a   Mayor, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

BMP; Gradient; Mesoderm; MyoD; Neural crest; Neural induction; Neural plate; Noggin; Xenopus laevis; Xslug; Xsox 2

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032525780     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8902     Document Type: Article

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