Hyaluronan and Morphogenesis

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-108

  Spicer, Andrew P ^a   Tien, Janet Y L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; HYALADHERIN; HYALURONAN SYNTHASE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE TRANSPORT; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE TARGETING; HAIR GROWTH; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SKIN; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842527104     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20006     Document Type: Review

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