Mechanisms of tissue fusion during development

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1701-1711

  Ray, Heather J ^a   Niswander, Lee ^a  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart; Neural tube; Palate; Tissue fusion

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT11 PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BIRTH DEFECT; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE FUSION; TISSUE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HEART; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE; PALATE;

MAMMALIA; STYLEPHORIDAE;

EID: 84859880380     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.068338     Document Type: Review

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