Control of digit formation by activin signalling

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2161-2170

  Merino, R ^a   Macias, D ^b   Ganan Y ^b   Rodriguez Leon, J ^b   Economides, A N ^c   Rodriguez Esteban, C ^d   Izpisua Belmonte, J C ^d   Hurle, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; BMP receptor; Chick embryo; Chondrogenesis; FGF; Follistatin; Limb development; Noggin; TGF ; Wnt3a

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLISTATIN; MYELOPID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ARTICLE; BLASTEMA; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FINGER; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CHICK EMBRYO; EXTREMITIES; FOLLISTATIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; INHIBINS; MORPHOGENESIS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033048580     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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