Bone morphogenetic proteins: Multifunctional regulators of vertebrate development

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1580-1594

  Hogan, Brigid L M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029737070     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.13.1580     Document Type: Review

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