Uncommitted Xenopus blastula cells can be directed to uniform muscle gene expression by gradient interpretation and a community effect

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 993-998

  Standley, Henrietta J ^a   Gurdon, John B ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activin; Community effect; FGF; Morphogen; TGP ; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTULA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOD PROTEIN; PLASMIDS; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036960126     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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