FGF is required for posterior neural patterning but not for neural induction

Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 296-308

  Holowacz, Tamara ^a,b   Sokol, Sergei ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior axis; Fibroblast growth factor; Gastrulation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MESODERM; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033555826     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9108     Document Type: Article

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