Endoderm patterning by the notochord: Development of the hypochord in Xenopus

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 869-879

  Cleaver, Ondine ^a   Seufert, Daniel W ^a   Krieg, Paul A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoderm; Hypochord; Induction; Notochord; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034097661     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.127.4.869     Document Type: Article

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