Avian sickle endoblast induces gastrulation or neurulation in the isolated area centralis or isolated anti-sickle region respectively

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-13

  Callebaut, Marc ^a   Van Nueten, E ^a   Bortier, H ^a   Harrisson, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian blastoderm; Blood islands; Junctional endoblast; Positional information; Primitive streak; Rauber's sickle; Sickle endoblast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL LINEAGE; CHICKEN; CHIMERA; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; FOWL; GASTRULATION; INCUBATION TIME; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALS; BLASTULA; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CHIMERA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; QUAIL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0038121581     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.40.1.1.13955     Document Type: Article

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