Limb development. The budding role of FGF.
Implantation of beads soaked in fibroblast growth factor into the flank of a chick embryo causes extra limbs to be formed, suggesting that FGF is important in initiating limb buds.
Tanaka
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Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, London, UK.
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D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D002642:Chick Embryo; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004627:Embryonic Induction / Q000502:physiology*; D005121:Extremities / Q000196:embryology*; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D053823:Hedgehog Proteins; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000196:embryology; D008863:Microspheres; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011506:Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000196:embryology
D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D053823:Hedgehog Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; C077245:hh protein, Drosophila; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors