Role of notochord in specification of cardiac left-right orientation in zebrafish and Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 96-103

  Danos, Maria C ^a   Yost, H Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; EMBRYO; HEART DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0030578449     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0148     Document Type: Article

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