Fate and function of the ventral ectodermal ridge during mouse tail development

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2113-2123

  Goldman, Devorah C ^a   Martin, Gail R ^a   Tam, Patrick P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mesenchyme; Mesoderm; Noggin; Secondary body formation; Somitogenesis; Tail bud; Ventral ectodermal ridge; VER

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CARRIER PROTEINS; ECTODERM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; PROTEINS; SOMITES; TAIL;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034043448     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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