Deconstructing digit chondrogenesis

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 725-737

  Montero, Juan A ^a   Hurlé, Juan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN RECEPTOR 2; ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN; FIBRONECTIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN BARX2; PROTEOGLYCAN; SYNDECAN; SYNDECAN 3; TENASCIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERSICAN;

APOPTOSIS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHONDROGENESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINGER; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME CELL; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; REVIEW;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CHONDROGENESIS; ELASTIN; EXTREMITIES; FINGERS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TENASCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 34547646365     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20607     Document Type: Review

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