Mechanisms of neural tube closure and defects

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 247-253

  Sadler, T W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Extracellular matrix; Neural folds; Neural tube; Neurulation; Surface coats

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID;

CELL CYCLE; CYTOSKELETON; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0032439439     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1998)4:4<247::AID-MRDD3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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