Glossary
A protein that is a subunit of the cadherin protein complex and is involved in the Wnt signalling pathway.
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Stands for Bone Morphogenic Protein and are growth factors and cytokines that cause the formation of bone and cartilage.
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A protein that dorsalizes the embryo and binds to TGF-β family proteins such as BMP.
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This tissue emerges first out of the 3 germ layers and differentiates into the nervous system and epidermis.
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This tissue forms one of the 3 germ layers and differentiates into the epithelial lining of the gut as well as endocrine glands and organs such as the liver and the pancreas. It also forms the respiratory tract.
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Bind to Eph receptors named after Erythropoietin hepatocellular carcinoma cell line from which their cDNA was obtained.
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Fibroblast Growth Factors that are a family of growth factors important in differentiation and proliferation.
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Cytoplasmic projections containing actin filaments.
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The positioning of the 3 germ layers by changes in embryo morphology due to strong movements of the tissue.
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This is the whole of an organisms encoded DNA or RNA; its hereditary information.
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