Xenopus chordin: a novel dorsalizing factor activated by organizer-specific homeobox genes.

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Published in Cell on December 02, 1994

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Y Sasai1, B Lu, H Steinbeisser, D Geissert, L K Gont, E M De Robertis

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1: Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1737.

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