Transforming growth factor-β3 regulates transdifferentiation of medial edge epithelium during palatal fusion and associated degradation of the basement membrane

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 255-260

  Kaartinen, Vesa ^a   Cui, Xiao Mei ^b   Heisterkamp, Nora ^a   Groffen, John ^a   Shuler, Charles F ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medial edge epithelial cells; Palatal fusion; TGF 3 null mutation

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LABELING; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOGENESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARBOCYANINES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; KERATINS; LAMININ; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTAGENESIS; PALATE; PREGNANCY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030953268     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199707)209:3<255::AID-AJA1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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