Peptide growth factors in amphibian embryogenesis: Intersection of modern molecular approaches with traditional inductive interaction paradigms

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Asashima, Makoto ^a   Yokota, Chika ^a   Takahashi, Shuji ^a   Lau, Chung L ^a   Malacinski, George M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian inductive interactions; Early embryonic patterning; Peptide growth factors; Primary embryonic organizer; Spemann induction

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROSTAGLANDINS F; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033055623     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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