Anterior-posterior differences in vertebrate segments: Specification of trunk and tail somites in the zebrafish blastula

Genes and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1831-1837

  Holley, Scott A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN NODAL; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOMITE; TAIL; TRUNK; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BLASTULA; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETON; SOMITES; TAIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VERTEBRATES; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746089148     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1453706     Document Type: Review

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