In vitro organogenesis from undifferentiated cells in Xenopus

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1309-1320

  Asashima, Makoto ^a,b   Ito, Yuzuru ^b   Chan, Techuan ^a   Michiue, Tatsuo ^a   Nakanishi, Mio ^a   Suzuki, Kan ^a   Hitachi, Keisuke ^c   Okabayashi, Koji ^a   Kondow, Akiko ^c   Ariizumi, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Animal cap; Organogenesis; Undifferentiated cells; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEART; KIDNEY; NERVE TISSUE; PANCREAS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 66349096033     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21979     Document Type: Review

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