Far from solved: A perspective on what we know about early mechanisms of left-right asymmetry

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3131-3146

  Vandenberg, Laura N ^a   Levin, Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirality; Cilia; Laterality; Left right asymmetry; Nodal flow

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMATID; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649716684     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22450     Document Type: Article

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