Shaping limbs by apoptosis

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 282, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 691-702

  Chen, Yiping ^a,b   Zhao, Xiang ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CARTILAGE; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIMB BUD; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARTILAGE; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LIMB BUD; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032534752     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19981215)282:6<691::AID-JEZ5>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Review

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