The molecular basis of embryonic kidney development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-120

  Lechner, Mark S ^a   Dressler, Gregory R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HHMI   (United States)

Author keywords

induction; kidney organogenesis; metanephros

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; KIDNEY; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030988298     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00667-9     Document Type: Review

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