Pitx2 participates in the late phase of the pathway controlling left- right asymmetry

Cell

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 319-324

  Piedra, M Elisa ^a   Icardo, Jose M ^a   Albajar, Marta ^b   Rodriguez Rey, Jose C ^a   Ros, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; DNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0032493860     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81475-0     Document Type: Article

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