Symmetry breakage in the vertebrate embryo: When does it happen and how does it work?

Developmental Biology

Volumn 393, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-123

  Blum, Martin ^a   Schweickert, Axel ^a   Vick, Philipp ^a   Wright, Christopher V E ^b   Danilchik, Michael V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cilia; Ion flux model; Left right asymmetry; Leftward flow; Symmetry breakage

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; ATP4 GENE; CYTOGENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; ION CURRENT; LEFT LATERAL PLATE MESODERM; MAMMAL; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR DIVISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMMETRY BREAKAGE; VERTEBRATE EMBRYO;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

CILIA; ION-FLUX MODEL; LEFT-RIGHT ASYMMETRY; LEFTWARD FLOW; SYMMETRY BREAKAGE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; H(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; LEFT-RIGHT DETERMINATION FACTORS; MAMMALS; MESODERM; NODAL PROTEIN; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATES; XENOPUS;

EID: 84905757257     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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