Spatially distinct head and heart inducers within the Xenopus organizer region

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 800-809

  Schneider, Valerie A ^a   Mercola, Mark ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERBERUS; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS CERBERUS;

EID: 0033615063     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80363-7     Document Type: Article

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