Gutsy moves in mice: Cellular and molecular dynamics of endoderm morphogenesis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1657, 2014, Pages

  Viotti, Manuel ^a   Foley, Ann C ^b   Hadjantonakis, Anna Katerina ^c  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Definitive endoderm; Epithelial tomesenchymal transition; Gastrulation; Gut morphogenesis; Mesenchymal toepithelial transition; Visceral endoderm

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SIZE STRUCTURE;

MUS;

EID: 84908224095     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0547     Document Type: Review

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