The zebrafish pronephros: A model to study nephron segmentation

Kidney International

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1120-1127

  Wingert, R A ^a   Davidson, A J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intermediate mesoderm; Nephron; Pronephros; Retinoic acid; Segmentation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BIRTH DEFECT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MAMMAL; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 42949130073     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.37     Document Type: Short Survey

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