Tip cells: Master regulators of tubulogenesis?

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 91-99

  Weavers, Helen ^a,b   Skaer, Helen ^a  

^a Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branching morphogenesis; Cell fate; Collective cell migration; Intercellular signalling; Tip cell; Tubulogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TIP CELL; TUBULOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 84901986003     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.04.009     Document Type: Review

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