Facial transplants in Xenopus laevis embryos

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 85, 2014, Pages

  Jacox, Laura A ^a,c   Dickinson, Amanda J ^d   Sive, Hazel ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial development; Developmental biology; Issue 85; Mouth; Neural crest; Nostril; Transplantation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897435172     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50697     Document Type: Article

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