Amphibian embryos as a model system for organ engineering: In vitro induction and rescue of the heart anlage

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 361-364

  Grunz, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ectopic heart; Heart anlage rescue; In vitro heart induction; Organ engineering; Suramin; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

SURAMIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; EMBRYO INDUCTION; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; LARVA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURAMIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032782704     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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