Tube fusion: Making connections in branched tubular networks

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-90

  Caviglia, Sara ^a   Luschnig, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Angiogenesis; Drosophila; Lumen; Tracheal system; Tube fusion

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUSION; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRACHEA; TUBE FUSION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MORPHOGENESIS; TRACHEA;

EID: 84902011147     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.03.018     Document Type: Review

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