Wnt signaling in somite development

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 208-222

  Geetha Loganathan, Poongodi ^a   Nimmagadda, Suresh ^a   Scaal, Martin ^a   Huang, Ruijin ^a   Christ, Bodo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Patterning; Somite formation; Wnts

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DERMIS; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EPITHELIZATION; HUMAN; MATURATION; MESODERM; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMITE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43449109465     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2007.12.003     Document Type: Review

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