Distribution of dorsal-forming activity in precleavage embryos of the Japanese newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster: Effects of deletion of vegetal cytoplasm, UV irradiation, and lithium treatment

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 154-168

  Doi, Jun Ya ^a   Niigaki, Hiroshi ^a   Sone, Kiyoaki ^b   Takabatake, Takashi ^b   Takeshima, Kazuhito ^b   Yasui, Kinya ^a   Tosuji, Hiroaki ^a   Tsukahara, Junzo ^a   Sakai, Masao ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0034235883     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9735     Document Type: Article

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