Molecular embryology of the lung: Then, now, and in the future

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 5 20-5, 1999, Pages

  Warburton, David ^a,b   Zhao, Jingsong ^b   Berberich, Mary Anne ^c   Bernfield, Merton ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Branchless; Breathless; Hepatocyte forkhead homologue; Laminin; Notch; Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells; Sprouty; Surfactant protein A; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0032967161     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1999.276.5.l697     Document Type: Conference Paper

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