Left-right asymmetry and the chick embryo

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Levin, Michael ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Chick; Left right; Nodal; Sonic

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TWINS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; EVOLUTION; PROTEINS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRETINOIN; TWINS;

EID: 0031995652     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0192     Document Type: Article

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