Basic helix-loop-helix proteins expressed during early embryonic organogenesis

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 236, Issue , 2004, Pages 251-280

  Hjalt, Tord ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; bHLH; Development; Differentiation; Embryogenesis; Organogenesis

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EUKARYOTA; HOMO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142736512     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(04)36006-7     Document Type: Article

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