Sea urchin embryo: A model system for analyzing cellular activities during early development

Source Book of Models for Biomedical Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 85-90

  Kominami, Tetsuya ^a   Takata, Hiromi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell division; Cell movement; Fertilization; Gastrulation; Invagination; Morphogenesis; Sea urchin embryo; Signal transduction; Specification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952267548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-285-4_11     Document Type: Chapter

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