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  • verb biology To form dorsal cell types, or to organize tissue along the dorsoventral axis

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From dorsal +‎ -ize

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Examples

  • Kuehn MR, Hogan BL, Smith JC, Wright CV (1995) Nodal-related signals induce axial mesoderm and dorsalize mesoderm during gastrulation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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