Limb development: An international model for vertebrate pattern formation

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 101-108

  Tickle, Cheryll ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Growth factors; Hox genes; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034013344     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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