Regulation of endochondral ossification by transcription factors

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2657-2667

  Nishimura, Riko ^a   Hata, Kenji ^a   Ono, Koichiro ^a   Amano, Katsuhiko ^a   Takigawa, Yoko ^a   Wakabayashi, Makoto ^a   Takashima, Rikako ^a   Yoneda, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMP; Chondrogenesis; Review; Runx2; Sox9; Wnt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860281038     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4076     Document Type: Article

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