Follistain possesses trunk and tail organizer activity and lacks head organizer activity

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-33

  Kablar, B ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Follistatin; Gastrulation; Neural induction; Spemann's organizer; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN; MESSENGER RNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MYOTOME; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; BLASTOCYST; DRUG EFFECT; HEAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TAIL; THORAX;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; FOLLISTATIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TAIL; THORAX; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033068153     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1998.0016     Document Type: Article

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