Role of BMP-4 in the inducing ability of the head organizer in Xenopus laevis

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-80

  Sedohara, Ayako ^a   Fukui, Akimasa ^a   Michiue, Tatsuo ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Dorsal lip; Embryonic axis; Posterior; TGF

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ECTODERM; EMBRYO INDUCTION; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MESODERM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MESODERM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036346946     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.67     Document Type: Article

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