Foxa2 mediates critical functions of prechordal plate in patterning and morphogenesis and is cell autonomously required for early ventral endoderm morphogenesis

Biology Open

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-181

  Harrelson, Zachary ^a   Kaestner, Klaus H ^b   Evans, Sylvia M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial mesendoderm; Foregut pocket; Isl1; Notochord

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964608612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.2011040     Document Type: Article

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