N-cadherin, a cell adhesion molecule involved in establishment of embryonic left-right asymmetry

Science

Volumn 288, Issue 5468, 2000, Pages 1047-1051

  García Castro, Martín I ^a   Vielmetter, Eva ^a   Bronner Fraser, Marianne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BODY PATTERNING; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0040784424     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.288.5468.1047     Document Type: Article

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