Smad2 signaling in extraembryonic tissues determines anterior-posterior polarity of the early mouse embryo

Cell

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 797-808

  Waldrip, W Ross ^a   Bikoff, Elizabeth K ^a   Hoodless, Pamela A ^b   Wrana, Jeffrey L ^b   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032549806     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81407-5     Document Type: Article

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