Zebrafish nodal-related 2 encodes an early mesendodermal inducer signaling from the extraembryonic yolk syncytial layer

Developmental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 361-372

  Erter, Caroline E ^a   Solnica Krezel, Lilianna ^a   Wright, Christopher V E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Dorsal forerunners; Mesoderm induction; Nodal; YSL; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CODE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCYTIUM; YOLK SAC; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0032535336     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9097     Document Type: Article

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