Signals from the yolk cell induce mesoderm, neuroectoderm, the trunk organizer, and the notochord in zebrafish

Developmental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-181

  Ober, Elke A ^a   Schulte Merker, Stefan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior axis; Dorsal determinant; Dorsoventral polarity; Maternal; Mesoderm induction; Neuroectoderm; Organizer; Trunk organizer; Yolk cell; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL INTERACTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; TAIL; TRUNK; YOLK SAC; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033571024     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9455     Document Type: Article

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