Kidney morphogenesis: Cellular and molecular regulation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-45

  Kuure, Satu ^a   Vuolteenaho, Reetta ^a   Vainio, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal interaction; Kidney development; Nephrogenesis; Tubule induction

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIRDS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; KIDNEY; MAMMALS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033995537     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00323-8     Document Type: Review

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