Establishment of substratum polarity in the blastocoel roof of the Xenopus embryo

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1975-1984

  Nagel, Martina ^a   Winklbauer, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activin; Cell migration; Extracellular matrix assembly; Fibroblast growth factor; Fibronectin; Gastrula; Polarity; Substratum guidance; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MESODERM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032967173     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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