Conserved and divergent mechanisms in left-right axis formation

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 763-776

  Burdine, Rebecca D ^a   Schier, Alexander F ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GERM LAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MUTATION; VERTEBRATES;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0034175652     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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