Control of dorsoventral somite patterning by Wnt-1 and β-catenin

Developmental Biology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 182-194

  Capdevila, Javier ^a,b   Tabin, Cliff ^a   Johnson, Randy L ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; DERMATOME; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCLEROTOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE;

ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032518455     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8806     Document Type: Article

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