Inhibition of neural crest migration in Xenopus using antisense slug RNA

Developmental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-115

  Carl, Timothy F ^a   Dufton, Christopher ^a   Hanken, James ^a   Klymkowsky, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartilage; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Neural crest; Slug; Snail; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SLUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MIGRATION INHIBITION; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033198463     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9320     Document Type: Article

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