Endoderm differentiation and inductive effect of activin-treated ectoderm in Xenopus

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 391-400

  Ninomiya, Hiromasa ^a   Takahashi, Shuji ^a   Tanegashima, Kousuke ^a   Yokota, Chika ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Endoderm; Inner layer; Organizer; Outer layer; Secondary axis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; EXPLANT; MESODERM; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; INHIBINS; TRANSPLANTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; CYNOPS; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032813854     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.1999.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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