The Genetics and Epigenetics of Kidney Development

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 314-326

  Patel, Sanjeevkumar R ^a   Dressler, Gregory R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Intermediate mesoderm; Kidney development; Nephrogenesis

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN LHX1; PROTEIN OSR1; PROTEIN RET; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT9B PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; CHROMATIN; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; HOXA11 GENE; HOXD11 GENE; INTERMEDIATE MESODERM; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDIOLATERAL AXIS; MESENCHYME; MESODERM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PAX2 GENE; PAX8 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INDUCTION; URETER; URETER BUD; WNT9B GENE;

EPIGENETICS; INTERMEDIATE MESODERM; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; NEPHROGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINEAGE; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; NEPHRONS; TRPP CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 84883538346     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: 15584488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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