In vitro induction and transplantation of eye during early Xenopus development

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 463-471

  Sedohara, Ayako ^a   Komazaki, Shinji ^c   Asashima, Makoto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eye; Eye formation; Organ engineering; Regeneration; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FROG; GASTRULA; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; SKIN COLOR; TADPOLE; TRANSPLANTATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYOLOGY; EYE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346688584     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2003.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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