A splice variant of CD44 expressed in the apical ectodermal ridge presents fibroblast growth factors to limb mesenchyme and is required for limb outgrowth

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1058-1071

  Sherman, Larry ^a,b   Wainwright, David ^a   Ponta, Helmut ^a   Herrlich, Peter ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ectodermal ridge; CD44; FGF; Limb development

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HERMES ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032054745     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.7.1058     Document Type: Article

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