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Gastrulation

A complex and coordinated series of cellular movements that occurs at the end of cleavage during embryonic development of most animals. The details… 
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Embryonic Development
Gastrulaaspects of radiation effectsphysiological aspects

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Organogenesisectoderm formationendoderm formationmesendoderm migration

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Silberblick/Wnt11 mediates convergent extension movements during zebrafish gastrulation
Vertebrate gastrulation involves the specification and coordinated movement of large populations of cells that give rise to the… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Initiation of neural induction by FGF signalling before gastrulation
During neural induction, the ‘organizer’ of the vertebrate embryo instructs neighbouring ectodermal cells to become nervous… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Disruption of gastrulation and heparan sulfate biosynthesis in EXT1-deficient mice.
Mutations in the EXT1 gene are responsible for human hereditary multiple exostosis type 1. The Drosophila EXT1 homologue, tout… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
BMP type II receptor is required for gastrulation and early development of mouse embryos.
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), members of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, play a variety of roles during… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Transgenic Xenopus embryos from sperm nuclear transplantations reveal FGF signaling requirements during gastrulation.
We have developed a simple approach for large-scale transgenesis in Xenopus laevis embryos and have used this method to identify… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Bmpr encodes a type I bone morphogenetic protein receptor that is essential for gastrulation during mouse embryogenesis.
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) are secreted proteins that interact with cell-surface receptors and are believed to play a… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Differential expression of multiple fork head related genes during gastrulation and axial pattern formation in the mouse embryo.
Four genes encoding fork-head-domain-containing proteins (FD genes) have been isolated from a mouse 8.5 days post coitum (p.c… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Fgf-4 expression during gastrulation, myogenesis, limb and tooth development in the mouse.
Fgf-4, initially isolated as a transforming gene from human tumors, is a member of the Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) family. It… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Cell movements during epiboly and gastrulation in zebrafish.
Beginning during the late blastula stage in zebrafish, cells located beneath a surface epithelial layer of the blastoderm undergo… 
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… 
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