Developing a sense of taste

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 200-209

  Kapsimali, Marika ^a,b,c   Barlow, Linda A ^d,e  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fgf; MiR 200; Molecular genetics; Mouse; Notch; Shh; Sox2; Wnt; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE GROWTH; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE; TASTE BUD; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84875579819     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2012.11.002     Document Type: Review

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