The type II activin receptors are essential for egg cylinder growth, gastrulation, and rostral head development in mice

Developmental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-169

  Song, Jihwan ^a   Oh, Suk P ^a   Schrewe, Heinrich ^b   Nomura, Masatoshi ^a   Lei, Hong ^a   Okano, Makiko ^a   Gridley, Thomas ^c   Li, En ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin receptor; Cyclopia; Gastrulation; Mesoderm formation; Mouse development; Nodal BMP

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYCLOPIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CYCLOPIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033198507     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9370     Document Type: Article

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