Mitochondria, redox signaling and axis specification in metazoan embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 266-280

  Coffman, James A ^a   Denegre, James M ^b  

^a MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Embryo; Hypoxia; Kinase; Mitochondria; Phosphatase; Polarity; Redox state; Spatial differentiation; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; HYPOXIA; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA;

EID: 34547680364     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.05.042     Document Type: Review

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