Comparison of induction during development between Xenopus tropicalis and Xenopus laevis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 385-392

  Sedohara, Ayako ^a   Suzawa, Keiko ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Cer; Chd; Tissue differentiation; Xbra; Xenopus laevis; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MARKER GENE; MESODERM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTULA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; MALE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 33646252235     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.052021as     Document Type: Article

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