Molecular mechanisms controlling lung morphogenesis

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-27

  Perl, Anne Karina T ^a   Whitsett, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Lung morphogenesis; Signaling pathway; Transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG MALFORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LUNG; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 0032840828     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.560103.x     Document Type: Review

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