Zebrafish and the understanding of liver development: The emerging role of the Wnt pathway in liver biology

Hepatology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 540-541

  Shackel, Nicholas ^a  

^a CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; BETA CATENIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SCATTER FACTOR; WNT2 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; ENDODERMIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 33847728320     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21543     Document Type: Note

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