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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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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Progressive activation of Delta-Notch signaling from around the blastopore is required to set up a functional caudal lobe in the spider Achaearanea tepidariorum
In the development of most arthropods, the caudal region of the elongating germ band (the growth zone) sequentially produces new… Expand
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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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2004
Review
2004
Regionally specific induction by the Spemann–Mangold organizer
Eighty years ago, Spemann and Mangold discovered the extraordinary inductive potency of the dorsal blastopore lip in amphibian… Expand
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2001
Review
2001
Brachyury, the blastopore and the evolution of the mesoderm.
  • Ulrich Technau
  • BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular…
  • 2001
    • Corpus ID: 9715120
The role of Brachyury and other T-box genes in the differentiation of mesoderm and endoderm of vertebrates is well established… 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
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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
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Regional expression, pattern and timing of convergence and extension during gastrulation of Xenopus laevis.
We show with time-lapse micrography that narrowing in the circumblastoporal dimension (convergence) and lengthening in the animal… Expand
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1987
Review
1987
The nerve growth factor: Thirty-five years later
"Embryogenesis is in some way a model system. It has always been distinguished by the exactitude even puctilio, of its anatomical… Expand
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