A truncated activin receptor inhibits mesoderm induction and formation of axial structures in Xenopus embryos

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Functional messenger RNAs are produced by SP6<i>in vitro</i>transcription of cloned cDNAs

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Expression of a dominant negative mutant of the FGF receptor disrupts mesoderm formation in xenopus embryos

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Expression of a xenopus homolog of Brachyury (T) is an immediate-early response to mesoderm induction

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Mesoderm induction in early Xenopus embryos by heparin-binding growth factors

Jonathan Slack, B. G. Darlington, John K. Heath et al. · Nature · 1987 · 943 citations

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