Xenopus nodal-related signaling is essential for mesendodermal patterning during early embryogenesis

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3229-3240

  Osada, Shin Ichi ^a   Wright, Christopher V E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Anterior endoderm; Cell migration; Gastrularion; Head induction; Mesoderm induction; Nodal; Organizer; Xenopus laevis; Xnr

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; RNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CERBERUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032773058     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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