Nodal signaling and the evolution of deuterostome gastrulation

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-278

  Chea, Helen K ^a,b   Wright, Christofer V ^c   Swalla, Billie J ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Gastrulation; Left right asymmetry; Nodal signaling; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ASCIDIACEA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHINODERM; ECTODERM; GASTRULATION; INVERTEBRATE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHORDATA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIGANDS; PHYLOGENY; SEA URCHINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 25444497451     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20549     Document Type: Review

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