Reiterative signaling and patterning during mammalian tooth morphogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-29

  Jernvall, Jukka ^a   Thesleff, Irma ^a  

^a Viikki Biocenter   (Finland)

Author keywords

Mammalian tooth morphogenesis; Patterning; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE GROWTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; MAMMALS; MESODERM; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOOTH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033998420     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00322-6     Document Type: Review

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