Spatial response to fibroblast growth factor signalling in Xenopus embryos

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Christen, B ^a   Slack, J M W ^a  

^a University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell signalling; ERK; FGF; MAP kinase; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; DIFFUSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; WOUND; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTINS; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING AND LABELING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032926411     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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