Ectopic expression of Xenopus noggin RNA induces complete secondary body axes in embryos of the direct developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-27

  Fang, Hung ^a   Marikawa, Yusuke ^a   Elinson, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body axis; Direct development; Egg evolution; Head development; Noggin

Indexed keywords

NOGGIN; RNA; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; FROG; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033981960     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008184     Document Type: Article

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