Ureter growth and differentiation

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-30

  Bohnenpoll, Tobias ^a   Kispert, Andreas ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bmp; CAKUT; Shh; Tbx18; Ureter; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CALCINEURIN; HYPERPOLARIZATION ACTIVATED CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN P63; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TEASHIRT 2; TEASHIRT 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVENTITIA; BASAL CELL; BLADDER; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PERISTALSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETER FUNCTION; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 84912529925     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.07.014     Document Type: Review

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