A role for WNT proteins in induction of dermomyotome

Developmental Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 160-165

  Fan, Chen Ming ^a   Lee, Catherine S ^a   Tessier Lavigne, Marc ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermomyotome; Patterning; SHH; Somite; Wnt

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCLEROTOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE;

EID: 0031281464     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8713     Document Type: Article

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