Balancing segmentation and laterality during vertebrate development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-478

  Brend, Tim ^a   Holley, Scott A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fgf8; Left right asymmetry; Retinoic acid; Somitogenesis

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; RETINOIC ACID;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO LEFT RIGHT PATTERNING; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; SOMITE; SPINE; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67549104280     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.11.009     Document Type: Review

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