The murine allantois: Emerging paradigms in development of the mammalian umbilical cord and its relation to the fetus

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 237-258

  Inman, Kimberly E ^a   Downs, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allantois; Anteroposterior axis; Chorion; Labyrinth; Placenta; Primitive streak; Umbilical cord; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4;

AF6 GENE; ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL; CHORION; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MAMMAL; MATERNAL BLOOD; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MESOTHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULARIZATION; ZYGOTE;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 34249656278     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20281     Document Type: Review

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