Branching morphogenesis during development of placental villi

Differentiation

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 393-401

  Cross, James C ^a   Nakano, Haruo ^a   Natale, David R C ^a   Simmons, David G ^a   Watson, Erica D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Branching morphogenesis; FGF; Gcm1; Placenta; Trophoblast; Wnt

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GCM1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CHORION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; TROPHOBLAST;

RODENTIA;

EID: 33747052274     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2006.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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