Ventral cell rearrangements contribute to anterior. Posterior axis lengthening between neurula and tailbud stages in Xenopus laevis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 550-560

  Larkin, K ^a   Danilchik, M V ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercalation; Mesoderm; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EXPLANT; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033572544     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9495     Document Type: Article

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