A model system for organ engineering: Transplantation of in vitro induced embryonic kidney

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 224-227

  Chan, Te chuan ^a   Ariizumi, Takashi ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Arts and Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ECTODERM; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EXPERIMENTAL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; INHIBINS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; TRETINOIN; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032973506     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050602     Document Type: Article

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