Dorsal induction from dorsal vegetal cells in Xenopus occurs after mid-blastula transition

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 3-14

  Nagano, Takashi ^a   Ito, Yuzuru ^b,c   Tashiro, Kosuke ^b   Kobayakawa, Yoshitaka ^a   Sakai, Masao ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Grad Sch Genetic Rsrc T   (Japan)

^c Grad Sch S   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal induction; Mid blastula transition; Nieuwkoop center; Spemann organizer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EXPLANT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; TISSUE INDUCTION; XENOPUS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; AXIS; BLASTOCYST; BODY PATTERNING; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034192004     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00251-3     Document Type: Article

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