The left-right coordinator: The role of Vg1 in organizing left-right axis formation

Cell

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-46

  Hyatt, Brian A ^a   Yost, H Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLISTATIN; NOGGIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VG1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; XENOPUS;

EID: 0032478546     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81144-7     Document Type: Article

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