Spemann's organizer and self-regulation in amphibian embryos

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 296-302

  De Robertis, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SALAMANDER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION; TWINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645785590     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1855     Document Type: Review

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