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Blastopore

Known as: Blastopores 
The opening of the archenteron, central cavity of gastrula, which is formed by invagination of the BLASTULA or BLASTOCYST. Archenteron gives rise to… Expand
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Embryonic StructuresGastrula

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Review
2005
Review
2005
Conserved Patterns of Cell Movements during Vertebrate Gastrulation
Vertebrate embryogenesis entails an exquisitely coordinated combination of cell proliferation, fate specification and movement… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Induction of embryonic primordia by implantation of organizers from a different species. 1923.
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Mesoderm induction in Xenopus is a zygotic event regulated by maternal VegT via TGFbeta growth factors.
The maternal transcription factor VegT is important for establishing the primary germ layers in Xenopus. In previous work, we… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Role of caudal in hindgut specification and gastrulation suggests homology between Drosophila amnioproctodeal invagination and vertebrate blastopore.
During early embryogenesis in Drosophila, caudal mRNA is distributed as a gradient with its highest level at the posterior of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Expression cloning of a Xenopus T-related gene (Xombi) involved in mesodermal patterning and blastopore lip formation.
We have used a functional assay to identify a putative T-box transcription factor (Xombi) that has the ability to induce sites of… Expand
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
eFGF regulates Xbra expression during Xenopus gastrulation.
We show that, in addition to a role in mesoderm induction during blastula stages, FGF signalling plays an important role in… Expand
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Tail formation as a continuation of gastrulation: the multiple cell populations of the Xenopus tailbud derive from the late blastopore lip.
Three lines of evidence suggest that tail formation in Xenopus is a direct continuation of events initiated during gastrulation… Expand
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A novel, activin-inducible, blastopore lip-specific gene of Xenopus laevis contains a fork head DNA-binding domain.
The organizer region, or dorsal blastopore lip, plays a central role in the initiation of gastrulation and the formation of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Bone morphogenetic protein 4: a ventralizing factor in early Xenopus development.
The mesoderm of amphibian embryos such as Xenopus laevis arises through an inductive interaction in which cells of the vegetal… Expand
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Review
1987
Review
1987
The nerve growth factor: Thirty-five years later
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