Morphogen transport: Theoretical and experimental controversies

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 99-112

  Akiyama, Takuya ^a   Gibson, Matthew C ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; INHIBIN; MORPHOGEN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

CYTONEME; DROSOPHILA; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCYTOSIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 84923253848     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.167     Document Type: Review

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