FGF signaling induces mesoderm in the hemichordate Saccoglossus kowalevskii

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1024-1033

  Green, Stephen A ^a   Norris, Rachael P ^b   Terasak, Mark ^b   Lowe, Christopher J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterostome; FGF; Hemichordate; Mesoderm; Mesoderm induction

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GASTRULATION; HEMICHORDATA; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCOGLOSSUS KOWALEVSKII;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENDODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84873729683     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.083790     Document Type: Article

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