The generation and interpretation of positional information within the vertebrate myotome

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-21

  Currie, Peter D ^a   Ingham, Philip W ^b  

^a W Gen H   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myotome; Positional information; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031971203     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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