Molecular regulation of nephron endowment

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 4 45-4, 1999, Pages

  Clark, Amander T ^a,b   Bertram, John F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Kidney; Stereology

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; URETER;

EID: 0032963875     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.1999.276.4.f485     Document Type: Review

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