Isolation and differentiation of Xenopus animal cap cells

Current Protocols in Stem Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 9, 2009, Pages

  Ariizumi, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Shuji ^a   Chan, Te Chuan ^b   Ito, Yuzuru ^c   Michiue, Tatsuo ^a   Asashima, Makoto ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Animal cap; Induction; Organogenesis; Pluripotency; Retinoic acid; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

BLASTULA; CELL ASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENDODERM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MICROMANIPULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 65149104285     PISSN: 19417322     EISSN: 19388969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470151808.sc01d05s9     Document Type: Review

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