Axis determination by inhibition of Wnt signaling in Xenopus

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2328-2336

  Itoh, Keiji ^a   Sokol, Sergei Y ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; Dorsoventral axis; Frizzled; Mesoderm; Organizer

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS;

EID: 0033200386     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.17.2328     Document Type: Article

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