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Bmp4 Is Essential for the Formation of the Vestibular Apparatus that Detects Angular Head Movements

Angular head movements in vertebrates are detected by the three semicircular canals of the inner ear and their associated sensory tissues, the cristae. Bone morphogenetic protein 4 (Bmp4), a member of the Transforming growth factor family (TGF-β), is conservatively expressed in the developing crista...

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Autores principales: Chang, Weise, Lin, Zhengshi, Kulessa, Holger, Hebert, Jean, Hogan, Brigid L. M., Wu, Doris K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2274953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18404215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000050