A conserved role for the nodal signaling pathway in the establishment of dorso-ventral and left-right axes in deuterostomes

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-53

  Duboc, Véronique ^a   Lepage, Thierry ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEFT RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTOR PROTEINS; LEFT-RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTOR PROTEINS; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; SEA URCHINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CHORDATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 37749044978     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21121     Document Type: Article

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