Snail-related transcriptional repressors are required in Xenopus for both the induction of the neural crest and its subsequent migration

Developmental Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 195-205

  Labonne, C ^a   Bronner Fraser, M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural crest; Slug; Snail; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MELANOCYTE; NEURAL CREST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SNAIL; STEM CELL; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034193218     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9609     Document Type: Article

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