Molecular genetics of early liver development

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue , 1996, Pages 231-251

  Zaret, Kenneth S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

development; gene regulation; liver; transcription factor; transgenics

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; SCATTER FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE CONTROL; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0029921547     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ph.58.030196.001311     Document Type: Review

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