Vertebrate anteroposterior patterning: The Xenopus neurectoderm as a paradigm

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 976-986

  Allen, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECTODERM; GERM LAYER; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TIME; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; ECTODERM; GERM LAYERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033777698     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-1878(200011)22:11<976::AID-BIES4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Review

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