Mouse gastrulation: The formation of a mammalian body plan

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 3-25

  Tam, Patrick P L ^a   Behringer, Richard R ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrulation; Mammalian body plan; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BODY GROWTH; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIZATION; GASTRULATION; IMPLANTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 0031464087     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00123-8     Document Type: Article

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