Liver specification and early morphogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-88

  Zaret, Kenneth S ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Early morphogenesis; Fibroblast growth factors; Liver specification

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ENDODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PANCREAS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033998009     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00326-3     Document Type: Review

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