Skeletal Morphogenesis and Embryonic Development

Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases and Disorders of Mineral Metabolism: Seventh Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-10

  Yang, Yingzi ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Bone morphogenetic protein; Cartilage; Cell signaling; Chondrocyte; Chondrocyte hypertrophy; Chondrocyte proliferation; Embryonic development; Endochondral ossification; Fibroblast growth factor; Ihh; Intramembranous ossification; Notch; Ossification mechanism; Osteoblast; Pattern formation PTH related peptide; Retinoic acid; Runx2; Segmentation clock; Skeletal development; Somatogenesis; Sox9; Wnt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889331146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470623992.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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