Branching morphogenesis

Circulation Research

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 784-795

  Horowitz, Arie ^a   Simons, Michael ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branching; Tracheal system; Tubulogenesis; Ureteric system; Vascular system

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; WNT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; VASCULARIZATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; LUNG; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRACHEA; URETER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LUNG; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RETINAL VESSELS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRACHEA; URETER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 54449086418     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.181818     Document Type: Review

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