Pleiotropic function of FGF-4: Its role in development and stem cells

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-276

  Kosaka, Nobuyoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Hiromi ^a   Terada, Masaaki ^a   Ochiya, Takahiro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryogenesis; FGF 4; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 59649105074     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21699     Document Type: Review

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