Establishing a left-right axis in the embryo

IUBMB Life

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Ryan, Aimee K ^a   Belmonte, Juan Carlos Izpisúa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Left right axis; Organ situs

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MYELOPID; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

EMBRYO AXIS; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOMERISM; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033785344     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540050176520     Document Type: Review

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