Viperous fangs: Development and evolution of the venom canal

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 125, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 786-796

  Zahradnicek, Oldrich ^b   Horacek, Ivan ^b   Tucker, Abigail S ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Infolding; Proliferation; Shh; Snake; Venom canal

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VENOM;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SNAKE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DENTAL ENAMEL; EPITHELIUM; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TOOTH; VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

COLUBRIDAE; CROTALINAE; CRYPTELYTROPS ALBOLABRIS; ELAPIDAE; ERINACEIDAE; HELODERMATIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 50849083815     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2008.06.008     Document Type: Article

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