How we are shaped: The biomechanics of gastrulation

Differentiation

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 171-205

  Keller, Ray ^a   Davidson, Lance A ^a   Shook, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Chick; Development; Evolution; Gastrulation; Morphogenesis; Vertebrate; Xenopus laevis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INVOLUTION; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEOST; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; TELEOST FISH; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0038410006     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.2003.710301.x     Document Type: Review

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