Compartmentalization of the foregut tube: Developmental origins of the trachea and esophagus

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 184-202

  Fausett, Sarah R ^a   Klingensmith, John ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT MODEL; ENDODERM; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; GASTRULATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE COMPARTMENTALIZATION; INTESTINE PARAMETERS; NOTOCHORD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRACHEA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; ORGANOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; TRACHEA;

EID: 84879888651     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.12     Document Type: Article

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