The EGF-CFC gene family in vertebrate development

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 303-309

  Shen, Michael M ^a   Schier, Alexander F ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MODEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VERTEBRATES;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034237708     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(00)02006-0     Document Type: Review

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