Studying Wnt signaling in Xenopus

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 469, Issue , 2008, Pages 319-332

  Hoppler, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg; Embryo; Gonadotropin hormone; Sperm; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

WNT PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 59249091312     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-469-2_21     Document Type: Review

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