Valvulogenesis: The moving target

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1484, 2007, Pages 1489-1503

  Butcher, Jonathan T ^a   Markwald, Roger R ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Genes; Mechanics; Morphogenesis; Pathways; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 34547571902     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2130     Document Type: Review

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