Functions and regulations of fibroblast growth factor signaling during embryonic development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 390-402

  Thisse, Bernard ^a   Thisse, Christine ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

FGF; FGF receptors; HSPG; MKP3; Ras MAP kinase; Sef; Sprouty

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE 3; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA; PROTEIN SEF; RAS PROTEIN; SPROUTY PROTEIN; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 27744534898     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.09.011     Document Type: Article

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