The vertebrate segmentation clock: the tip of the iceberg

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-323

  Özbudak, Ertuǧrul M ^a   Pourquié, Olivier ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLOCK; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HUMANS; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATES; WNT PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53449089514     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2008.06.007     Document Type: Review

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