Structure and function of the notochord: An essential organ for chordate development

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2503-2512

  Stemple, Derek L ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE MUTATION; GENETICS; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CARTILAGE; CHORDATA; EVOLUTION; MESODERM; NOTOCHORD;

CHORDATA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 21244454058     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01812     Document Type: Review

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