Morphogen transport

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1621-1638

  Müller, Patrick ^a,e   Rogers, Katherine W ^a   Yu, Shuizi R ^b,c   Brand, Michael ^b,c   Schier, Alexander F ^a,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CENTER FOR REGENERATIVE THERAPIES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytoneme; Diffusion; Gradient; Morphogen; Signaling

Indexed keywords

DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; LEFT RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTOR; PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CYTONEME; DIFFUSION; FREE DIFFUSION; HINDERED DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STEADY STATE; TRANSCYTOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NODAL PROTEIN;

EID: 84875478759     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.083519     Document Type: Article

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