Nephron patterning: Lessons from xenopus, zebrafish, and mouse studies

Cells

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 483-499

  Desgrange, Audrey ^a,b   Cereghini, Silvia ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

Metanephros; Nephron segmentation; Pronephros; Regulatory networks; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; LGR5 PROTEIN; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT9B PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIZATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NEPHRON CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 85050577601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cells4030483     Document Type: Article

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