The fate of cells in the tailbud of Xenopus laevis

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-267

  Davis, Robert L ^a   Kirschner, Marc W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Photoactivation of fluorescence; Tailbud; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; TAIL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033961916     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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