Left-Right Asymmetry in the Sea Urchin Embryo: BMP and the Asymmetrical Origins of the Adult

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Warner, Jacob F ^a   Lyons, Deirdre C ^a   McClay, David R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LEFT RIGHT ASYMMETRY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; SEA URCHINS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; METAZOA;

EID: 84868088798     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001404     Document Type: Article

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