Generation of the germ layers along the animal-vegetal axis in Xenopus laevis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 229-235

  Yasuo, H ^a   Lemaire, P ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Animal vegetal axis; Cell and non cell autonomy; Germ layers; VegT; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL INTERACTION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GERM LAYER; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; ENDODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GERM LAYERS; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035072542     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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